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MARY MAHAN DEATHERAGE
7 Deadly Sins series - #2 I associate Pride with all those ‘other people’ who are openly arrogant, self-indulged, smug. I don’t consider myself akin to those endlessly striving for stardom, recognition, glory. But I now know I’m wrong. We can conveniently see Pride in others but rarely recognize it in ourselves. Of the seven deadly... Continue Reading →
Yom Yahveh. I learned this Jewish phrase has two meanings: Day of the Lord or Day of Perfect Being. In our modern world, most of us understand Sunday as the Lord’s Day. But I became intrigued by the second meaning Day of Perfect Being.
I'm a scheduled procrastinator.I'm a champion of strategic procrastination.
Oscar Wilde wrote, “We live in an age when unnecessary things are our only necessities.”
Full page newspaper ad (who does that anymore?😉) I designed for the Respect Life group I’m in. It was an honor to use my God-given talents for this cause. Hundreds of individuals supported the ad with donations. Check out all their names at Sauk valley media.com/ads
My focus for 2020. What's yours?
I told him that if he calms down, I would give him a pen and paper so he could ask me anything ... “The first thing he wrote is… ‘Where the f**k am I?’” We collectively pause and exhale a burst of laughter.
Note: This is the fourth installment in the Breath of Heaven series. If you're new here, Welcome! If you'd like to start with the first installment please click here.I open my eyes. The sideways sallow hall light ushers with it a creeping sense of dread, low-level anxiety threatens to balloon into full-blown freakout. I feel... Continue Reading →
I’m standing in the sunbeam path trembling as I watch it settle just above the heads of four paramedics kneeling over Greg, my husband.
Our eyes meet as the paramedics jog the gurney away from me down the dreadfully long hall hurrying toward the waiting ambulance. I attempt a reassuring aspect but fail miserably. His color changes from pasty white to gray in an instant. He struggles to breathe. I hold my breath. I swallow a sob as I... Continue Reading →
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