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Author Archives: joanneeddy
Riding the Seesaw – On Finding Balance
“Happiness is not a matter of intensity but of balance, order, rhythm and harmony.” Thomas Merton We are closing on the end of the year, which always makes me thoughtful. I tend to not only assess the last year for … Continue reading
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Lighting Candles – A Response to Pain and Loss…and Sandy Hook
“It is better to light one candle than to curse the darkness.” Motto of The Christophers When I was a little girl I often was the first one up on Sunday mornings. Surprisingly, while I was waiting for cartoons or … Continue reading
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Tears in Heaven
“Perhaps they are not stars but rather openings in heaven where the love of our lost ones shines through.” Author Unknown Friday nights are when I usually begin my weekly blog post. But I sit here tonight numbed by the … Continue reading
Kindness – The Gift of Grace from Strangers, the Love of Family
“I have always thought of Christmas time, when it comes round, as a good time; a kind, forgiving, charitable, pleasant time; the only time I know of, in the long calendar of the year, when men and women seem by … Continue reading
Christmas in a Small Town – It’s a Wonderful Life
“Merry Christmas, movie house! Merry Christmas, Emporium! Merry Christmas, you wonderful old Building and Loan!” George Bailey Every year I still can barely wait for Christmas. I am past counting down to Santa, but I love the beauty of … Continue reading
The Binding Tie – On Family and Family Holidays
“Bless be the tie that binds, Our hearts in…eternal…love, …Our fears, our hopes, our aims are one, Our comforts and our cares. We share each other’s woes, Our mutual burdens bear, And often for each other flows, The sympathizing tear.” … Continue reading
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Tagged Children and Youth, Christmas, Family, Family history, Family ties, Holiday, Home, Making memories, painful holidays, resilient families, Retie the family tie, Rugallah, Schnapps, Stollen, Struggles at holiday times., Thanksgiving, The tie that binds
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Giving Thanks for the Little Things
“Enjoy the little things for one day you may look back and realize they were the big things.” Robert Brault Thanksgiving makes me introspective about all my blessings. I will never be rich. I will never be president. My name … Continue reading
Life is But a Dream
Do you dream? Daydreams? Night dreams? Have you ever tried to go back to sleep to finish a dream because you so wanted to know the end? Or dreamt a nightmare so fearful that sleep itself was full of terror? … Continue reading
A Single String – On Attitude
Political Scientist Alex Tan said, “Perhaps our eyes need to be washed by our tears once in a while, so that we can see Life with a clearer view again.” (This is an update on a 2012 post near that … Continue reading
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Tagged 60 Minutes, Alex Tan, attitude, attitude makes all the difference, Be positive, Belle Harbor Queens, Charles Swindoll, Chuck Swindoll, cup half empty, Hurricane Katrina, Hurricane Sandy, North Carolina, Politics, Sandy, Seeing clearly, Seeing the cup half full, tears giving a clearer view on life, tears washing our vision, The single string of attitude
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Pandora’s Box – A Lesson on Finding Hope
Do you remember the story of Pandora’s Box? After Prometheus made man, he stole fire from the gods for his creation. Zeus was angered and decided to get even. He had a daughter, the first woman, created from clay and he had all the … Continue reading
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Tagged Epimetheus, Finding hope in the midst of evil, Frodo, Frodo Baggins, Greek mythology, Hermes, Hope in troubled times, Hope trapped in Pandora's Box, How evil was unleashed on man, How hope is the answer to evil, Hurricane Sandy, keeping hopeful when faced with disaster, On finding hope, Pandora, Pandora's box, Prometheus, Prometheus punished for helping man, the myth of hope, Zeus, Zeus punishing man
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