Beneficiary of a Dream

Beneficiary of a Dream

I don’t remember Mom talking much about dreams. What I do remember was how she lived life oblivious to boundaries. She created something from nothing all the time. My dad tells stories of coming home from work to find her painting rocks with me and my little sister....
Dreams Interrupted

Dreams Interrupted

I look up the word interrupt and find definitions like these: made discontinuous, followed not by the expected, stop the continuous progress, break the continuity. The word clearly evokes a detour from what is expected. My God-sized dreams have...
Letters from the Valley

Letters from the Valley

Even though I walk through  the valley of the shadow of death,  I will fear no evil, for you are with me; ~from Psalm 23 We live on a mountain between two valleys. The trees on the east side of the mountain are cleared just enough to give us a view of the...
Today

Today

The origami bird Sam made and taped to Mom’s coffin. She loved to watch the birds at her feeder. Today I will . . .Walk slowBreathe deepLook into the eyes of all I seeSitHoldListenSmile easyI will talk back to my to-do list and live this day with intention not...
A Tribute to My Mom

A Tribute to My Mom

Nana Varee Juarbe . . . Mom Began her journey ~ May 2, 1949 Danced into Heaven ~ September 10, 2014 I shared this at my mom’s memorial service last Saturday. It was hard to know what to say. As if a few words could capture all that’s in my heart for my...

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