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HEART PONDERINGS … sharing with you the things I keep in my heart

Spirit Sisters

August 6, 2020 by Linda A Marshall 6 Comments

Because I don’t have sisters, I’ve made it a point to develop friendships with women. I am blessed with many “Spirit Sisters.” Faithful Friends Sharon and Kathryn are two of them. We met in seminary 45 years ago and, despite living at a distance, they are among my most faithful of friends. My son was […]

Filed Under: Miscellaneous Tagged With: Alaska, Arches National Park, Bella Abzug, Betty Friedan, Bryce Canyon, Consciousness Raising, ERA, Faithful Friends, Feminism, Gloria Steinem, Grand Canyon, Mesa Verde, Monument Valley, Spirit Sisters, United Methodist US2 Mission Program, Zion

Perspective

August 4, 2020 by Linda A Marshall 6 Comments

Ponderings So I’ve been pondering … what caused me to lose my equanimity with a doctor’s office while advocating for my disabled daughter? Why did having to push buttons, be put on hold, be cut off, having to call again and push more buttons only to be told I’d have to get a referral from […]

Filed Under: Caregiving Tagged With: Addiction Services, Being valued, Caregiving, COVID Healthcare Decisions, Customer Service, Disadvantaged, Entitlement, For Profit vs For People, Gratitude, Healthcare Industry, Illusion of Control, Perspective, Privilege, Self-centeredness, White Eyes

Double Whammy

July 31, 2020 by Linda A Marshall 6 Comments

My Roller Coaster Week Today is July 31 … eight days since my daughter’s gynecological appointment and we still don’t have resolution. Her gynecologist noted an issue during her 2019 appointment. Because I was in the waiting room, I only heard a casual mention of it on the way home. Nicole said the doctor was […]

Filed Under: Miscellaneous Tagged With: Ambiguous Loss, COVID 19, Grief, Healthcare System, Johann Hari, Krista Tippett, Lack of Human Connection, Loss, Lost Connections, On Being, Pauline Boss

Re-Conditioning Needed

July 22, 2020 by Linda A Marshall 8 Comments

Conditioning When someone young is criticized a lot, they become conditioned to look for what is wrong with them. That happened to me. One of the complements I receive from readers of my memoir, A Long Awakening to Grace, is how honest I was about my faults. For many years, friends confronted me about how […]

Filed Under: Miscellaneous Tagged With: Caroline Myss, Conditioning, Entering the Castle, Finding our Soul, Habits of the Heart, Interior Castle, Mystery, Practice of Illumination, Prayer, Self-knowledge, Teresa of Avila, Women Mystics

Silenced

July 15, 2020 by Linda A Marshall 22 Comments

Almost six months ago (January 21), I wrote “It’s a Process” about the synchronicities that led to my becoming aware of generations of trauma in my family of origin … how I came to see that I’ve been chosen to be an agent of healing for our family. I naively felt honored and enthusiastic about […]

Filed Under: Miscellaneous Tagged With: Cellular Healing, Krista Tippett, Niceness, On Being, Racial Equity, Resmaa Menakem, Shame, Silence, Social Justic, Speaking Up, Trauma, YWCA

A Pandemic Birthday Celebration

July 8, 2020 by Linda A Marshall 36 Comments

A Dream Emerges In October 2015 I moved to my home, attracted by the woods and creek behind the house. In June 2016, my disabled daughter moved in with me. In the spring of 2017, I planted my first milkweed with the intention of supporting a comeback for Monarch butterflies. I dreamed of a native […]

Filed Under: Miscellaneous Tagged With: Deep-Creep-Leap, Deeply Rooted Landscapes, Deer-Resistant Gardening, Kara Maynard, Monarch Butterflies, Monarch Caterpillars, Monarch Watch, Native Plant Garden, Pollinator Garden, Tagging Monarch Butterflies

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