Tag Archives: Abandonment

Ruth’s Story

The writing prompt was: write about someone who left. And so I did. I don’t know the specifics of Ruth’s history, and I never met Ruth–she died before I was born. Ruth’s story is a fiction of facts, but not … Continue reading

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Let My Soul Surrender

Let my soul surrender to what I came to do to what I came to feel to what I came to see To the heart of God. -Rickie Byars Beckwith Let my soul surrender. Remembering what it was like for … Continue reading

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Leader of the Pack

Several weeks ago we hired Barkbusters to come to our home and teach us how to train our dog to behave. Milli is a 12-month-old Tibetan terrier (not a true terrier)–energetic and happy, but also jumpy, barky and many times … Continue reading

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