Today marks a very special Mother’s Day, as our family recently welcomed a third generation. The arrival of a sweet young daughter born to my nephew and his wife mean my wonderful Mom is now a great-grandmother. The day she got to meet this sweet new baby, my sister-in-law told me Mom sang a Japanese […]
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Three Generations
Posted by Deborah H Rahalski on May 9, 2021
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This Morning
So fellow travelers, when I woke up this morning , as on most mornings, the first thing I saw was a photo of our two daughters. However, unlike any other morning, this morning when I saw their beautiful faces I realized I was thankful they actually do not look more Asian. And that breaks […]
Posted by Deborah H Rahalski on March 18, 2021
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Sally’s Story
So fellow travelers, today I’m taking a break from my own“ memoirs of a pandemic year” to honor a very special team of women and one very lucky dog. This is Sally. On March 8th, sweet Sally succumbed to congestive heart failure. This is her story, shared with permission of all the amazing earth angels […]
Posted by Deborah H Rahalski on March 13, 2021
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The Error of Our Ways
So fellow travelers, much of the currently circulating narrative looks back on where we all were a year ago before “life as we knew” it changed so dramatically. The post I was crafting with a similar focus has a distinctly depressing tone and heaven knows I really do not want to add to the pervasive pandemic […]
Posted by Deborah H Rahalski on March 8, 2021
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A New Song
Greetings, fellow travelers! Yes it has been a long and silent month here. The struggle to find ways to adapt has moved to a deeply personal level and my energies have been focused elsewhere. I am ok, yet many I know are not. And, the ongoing warfare between narratives troubles me- it has stifled my ability […]
Posted by Deborah H Rahalski on March 3, 2021
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Gentle Blossom
So fellow travelers, yesterday brought a gathering of cousins and another farewell. My husband’s aunt passed from this life peacefully, a week ago today. Aunt Mary was the oldest and, at 102, also the last surviving of her seven siblings. She always insisted she would live to be 100 and like anything she set her mind […]
Posted by Deborah H Rahalski on January 10, 2021
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Haiku for a New Year
So fellow travelers, sitting down to work on a new post, I discovered my New Year’s Day post did not publish. Hmmm.So much for the WordPress pre-scheduled publish option which I know I have used successfully many times. Perhaps that glitch was just 2020’s parting side swipe.No matter. I simply composed a revised intro (which you […]
Posted by Deborah H Rahalski on January 2, 2021
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In Search of Magic
So fellow travelers, rising well before dawn to greet the Solstice, a glance out the window in my meditation space revealed this gift a moment which provided the last key to finding what seemed lost. Tis now a seasonmade strange and unfamiliarby required distancingin full contradiction withthe inherent nature of the daywhen gathering together to […]
Posted by Deborah H Rahalski on December 21, 2020
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Digging Deeper
So fellow travelers, last month I promised a post on my core experience of Christmas “becoming” magical. Honestly, this year, I find myself digging deeper than ever to feel that magic and, knowing I am not alone in this, I remain committed to creating that post. As it germinates in the creative sanctuary of my […]
Posted by Deborah H Rahalski on December 19, 2020
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Sunset Zen
So fellow travelers, catching a sunset never fails to give rise to a wave of emotions for me. Gratitude is always a component, even if it is simple gratitude for a challenging day’s end and the gift of a chance to rest. November’s short damp days often end with cloud cover so thick it obscures […]
Posted by Deborah H Rahalski on November 30, 2020
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