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Showing posts with label kindness. Show all posts
Showing posts with label kindness. Show all posts
Tuesday, June 25, 2013

A Ticket Straight to Hell

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In March of 2012, just over a year after my dad had died after being treated with Avastin, it was reported in the news that the co...
Tuesday, June 4, 2013

Because You Can (Gift-giving and Perspective)

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I saw a comment posted on Facebook today about whether or not a parent is obligated to give an end-of-the-school-year gift to a ...
Tuesday, May 28, 2013

Grief and Ice Chewing

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I recently met a woman - someone I'll call Tina* - though a mutual friend.  In the course of conversation, it came to light that Tina...
Saturday, May 11, 2013

Go, Dodger!

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Here's an inspiring story about a professional athlete showing kindness to a fan with terminal cancer: CLICK HERE TO READ ...
Thursday, March 7, 2013

Kindness and a "Beef"

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I can't remember when I first started hearing about "random acts of kindness," but it was many years ago.  As the stor...
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Sunday, September 23, 2012

One More Conversation

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I recently read about how sometimes people who are going through the grief process think about what it would be like to have one more conver...
Thursday, September 13, 2012

Not Knowing: Grandmom's Story, Part 3

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Continued from Not Knowing, Grandmom's Story Part 2 In reading the book "Final Gifts: Understanding the Special Awareness...
Tuesday, September 11, 2012

What I Miss the Most, Today

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I recently signed up for an online class that looks at dealing with grief through writing.  This week's assignment is to write about wh...
Monday, September 3, 2012

The Art of Sportsmanship

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One of the things I love about the Olympics is that through watching the Games, we occasionally get to see little glimpses of good s...
Monday, July 9, 2012

A Gift Received

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"The true meaning of life is to plant trees, under whose shade you do not expect to sit." ~Nelson Henderson GENEROSITY is...
Friday, June 15, 2012

Being Present

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One thing that I think I got better at during my dad’s illness was being present .  When I think back to when my children were very yo...
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Friday, April 13, 2012

Outpouring

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Some people make New Year’s resolutions or set personal goals about trying to be practice kindness.  But not my dad.  He didn’t have to se...