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Grateful for Noiselessness Noiselessness is the absence of unwanted sounds such as the neighbor’s barking dog, the zooming of traffic as it speeds past my house or the thumping of bass guitars and drums as the band in church down the street leads the congregation in Sunday morning praise music. Noise. It is all around…

Understanding Our Grievance  “How can I respond to what I cannot understand?” This question was asked by a young girl, a character in a book, who witnessed the atrocities against her and her family for merely being Jewish.  Her question resonates with me because, until I understand the wrong done against me, it is rather…

How to Encourage The other day, our youngest son called and said, “I’m wondering if you can help me out Mom?” Though I did not know what to expect, I said, “Sure.” He went on to say, “I can’t find my recipe for Mrs. Bacon’s Coffee Cake. Can I get it from you?”  Easy peasy,…

Delusion of Perfection I am a recovering perfectionist. I’ve experienced and am familiar with the inner turmoil that arises when I strive toward the ideal version of me instead of being content with the real, natural, ordinary version of me.  Perfectionism is actually a theory, one that is as old as writers and philosophers such…