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True-to-Life-Self Recently, I watched my husband and some of his cousins sequester themselves for a few hours around a dining room table after the memorial service for their mom and aunt. These men had grown up together on a ranch riding horses, herding cattle and bucking hay.  Some of them continue to make their livelihood…

Relevant or Irrelevant? I certainly get my share of irrelevant, unsolicited and unwanted offers, advice, and information in my email box. This stuff only sidetracks, distracts and blurs my focus. Thankfully, unlike cleaning my basement, garage, or a closet, junk emails are just a click away from being deleted.  Even when I set filters to…

Calming Ourselves Down Driving home from a recent trip to Colorado, my husband chose to take the scenic route; a two lane highway that wound itself through the beautiful landscape of northwest Wyoming. The mountains in the distance were majestic, there was not much traffic and the speed limit was only 65 mph. When the…

Our Family I just returned from traveling to Colorado with my husband to attend a memorial service for Aunt G., one of his elderly aunts. I did not know my husband’s aunt as well as he knew her. But being in attendance first at the graveside gathering and then later among a larger assembly, I…