My Surrender Story

By Jill Connelly ”I am not enough.” These words have echoed in my soul for far too long, and I’m ready to let them go. As I walk through this surrender, it feels like grief, a death of part of me. My false belief that I am not enough became part of my story at age…

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Bluebirds and a Butterfly

By Sue Larson Nine years ago, I found out I needed to go through another round of cancer treatments after believing I was cancer free. Soon after my diagnosis, my neighbors gave me a blue bird box to hang outside my window. I spent that fall - September though December - in surgery and then…

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A Miracle Meeting

Anonymous Story I believe I encountered an angel today at Washington National Airport. I had time to spare, and as I walked past a pop-up shop, a product caught my eye. A cream for the surgical scar Nicole will have. I dismissed it until the saleswoman engaged me. My usual response is to say no…

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A Restored Heart

By Sherri Monts Sitting here alone, I am remembering the night I saw and met my guardian angel. Back in August 2021, I was told I was in severe heart failure - 15 percent of my heart function was all I had left. I was put on meds for 3 months. Three weeks before surgery,…

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Dead Wood

By Sherry Hougard Early this year when I was on a walkabout in wine country, I had mile after mile of quiet solitude to ponder and reflect. As I walked through the hillside vineyards, it was interesting to see the thousands of individual plants that all have to be meticulously tended by the growers every…

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