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This is longer than my usual newsletter, but it's a story about a lost dog that continues to inspire me so I'm sharing it with you this week! Fall, 1977 It was a crisp November morning. Normally I revel in cool Autumn days, but I hadn’t been able to shake the...

I spent a good many years resenting my parents. They weren't all bad. They had good character qualities. And they were people of deep faith. However, they didn't give me love in the way that I believed I needed it. They weren't very affectionate or nurturing. I didn't...

I began sewing as a child making doll clothes. I graduated to human clothing, slip covers, curtains...whatever I needed for myself, my sons and my home. Quilting, however, began as a Pandemic Survival Skill. So far I've made thirty-something quilts. Some were made for...

I'm about to celebrate my eightieth birthday. I know. It's hard to believe! But I have eight decades of living and millions of memories of people, things and words spoken that changed my life. Some of those events were almost unbearably painful. And yet, the pain...

Showing Empathy Listening to Understand is similar to what is known as Reflective Listening, Mirroring, or Active Listening. What is shared is the practice of repeating back what you've heard the speaker saying. This reassures the speaker that you are, indeed,...