Monthly Archives: August 2009

It Matters to This One

By Susan | August 18, 2009

There is a parable that has been around in many forms and it goes like this:
A terrible storm brings great crashing waves to a seaside community. The day after the storm there was a beautiful, calm morning with the sun growing hotter as it rose in the sky. Starfish were washed up on the sand [...]

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Seeds of Dreams

By Susan | August 12, 2009

The soil is rich and fertile, fed by the generations before, watered by tears, warmed by smiles.
 
The seed is placed gently and deliberately into its home; great care taken to select just the right spot because after all, a dream is growing.
 
Days and months and years go by. Memories and experiences are added that nourish [...]

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Conversations

By Susan | August 4, 2009

Yesterday’s newspaper contained a small article, buried near the back and easily missed, about the discovery of the remains of the first American serviceman killed in the war in Iraq in 1991. Navy pilot Scott Speicher had been missing and presumed dead for almost two decades but the US government still had him on the [...]

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