The Duck Who Flew Upside Down
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From the Heart of a Grateful Man
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Category Archives: Challenges
Falling
My mind often flows in mysterious ways. I’m in Illinois visiting family. Snow fell last night. Outside my window is a beautiful white vista. My grandtwins are making delightful experimental sounds with their mouths in the background. One crawled for … Continue reading
Posted in Adversity, Challenges, Dealing with Pain & Grief, Friendship, Gratitude, Healing
Tagged Anger, compassion, daughter, despair, desperation, frindship, Grief, Illinois, illness, kindness, Love, man, men, parenting, poison, power, strength, wretch
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Sliding Backwards
The holidays and new year can be especially difficult for those who are experiencing difficult times and relationships, or no relationships at all, health problems, etc. Some people I love are dealing with depression and struggling to cling to hope. … Continue reading
Posted in Adversity, Challenges, Change, Choices, Forgiveness, Growth/Learning, LIfe Lessons, Loneliness, Observations
Tagged Anger, depression, Forgiveness, growth, self-help, writer, writing
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Quiet Santa’s for Kids with Special Needs
For some children, visiting Santa at a shopping mall would have been a very bad experience, until now. http://www.today.com/moms/quiet-santas-help-kids-autism-make-christmas-wishes-2D11723567 I love it when ways are found to bring greater joy to others. With Love, Russ
Choices and Pain
I believe that when people go through awful experiences–especially situations where other folks hurt us–we have a choice. We can choose to let what we went through become an excuse to close our heart in an attempt to protect ourselves … Continue reading
Posted in Adversity, Challenges, Choices, Compassion, Courage, Dealing with Pain & Grief, Healing, LIfe Lessons, My Beliefs, My Written Works Misc., Non-Fiction Writing I've Done, Observations, Pain & Grief, Suffering
Tagged choices, courage, decisions, heart, I believe, joy, lasting joy, my beliefs, observations, pain, paths, suffering, will
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Sing Your Heart Out
(Photo: Pixabay) (WhispersoftheHeart’sphoto) (Source: Let’s Be Positive Together)
Posted in Animals, Challenges
Tagged birds, blessings, challenges, photos, quotes, quotos, sing, singing, song
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An Unbreakable Bond
As I’ve been writing my book, many memories have come to me. Some are funny, some are sweet, and, as in the story below, some are bittersweet indeed. An Unbreakable Bond I frequently write (the old-fashioned pen-and-ink kind) to a … Continue reading
Posted in Challenges, Commitment, Connection/Connecting, Friendship, Uncategorized
Tagged crime, drugs, Friend, friends, Friendship, prison
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Russ Towne's A Grateful Man 