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The Mother Sandwich: When a Father Loves His Children More Than He Hates His Mother and Their Mother

June 16, 2024
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Personal Writings, Women's, Family, and Recovery Issues, Writings

Fatherhood is not simply a biological condition but it is a spiritual condition inherent since the beginning of time, with numerous applications and overlap, and especially, implications and consequences. This will not be a typical Father’s Day post per se. And let me start here by untangling the title just a bit. Another way to say this would be, “A good father loves his children more than he hates his mother. A good father loves his children more than he...

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Public Humiliation and Graceland

May 15, 2024
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Personal Writings, Writings

Today I find reason to think about several things that sometimes circulate in my mind from time to time as part of my overall situation. I don’t have much time as I take a break by my computer with my late lunch/early dinner…but while these thoughts are fresh in mind I will share. One of my first pieces written here about my second divorce is called The Divorce Casket. I mention as it comes to mind the next few paragraphs...

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An Undivided Heart

February 14, 2024
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Personal Writings, Writings

Today marks another Valentine’s Day where I (and many others) find themselves in some condition of aloneness in this life–even those who are married may ultimately exist in this state of being for any number of reasons. Today also marks the beginning of Lent–Ash Wednesday. I like the idea of taking something up during Lent rather than giving something up. As I prepared for sleep last night, I thought that perhaps during this Lenten season I should daily take up...

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Welcoming the Newcomer

December 3, 2023
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Personal Writings, Women's, Family, and Recovery Issues, Writings

Anyone who has been a visitor at a church knows that there are a variety of ways the family of God approaches and welcomes visitors and newcomers. Over the years when in this position, there have been things that make me feel either like I want to go back, or I want to never go back there again. Today, I simply share some musings and observations about myself and others after returning for a third time to church on a...

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Marriage, Divorce and Follow-Through

October 9, 2023
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Life Stories, My Poetry, Personal Writings, Women's, Family, and Recovery Issues, Writings

Over a year ago I was going through file folders disposing of a lot of old “paper clutter”–various records and items I used to physically save before I started scanning/digitizing/disposing of receipts and other potentially-needed information. I now have a folder named DIGITAL FILE CABINET on my hard-drive with numerous subfolders–hopefully named so that if I ever actually needed a remote item-scan, I could find it in a file search. Among the many file folders were also syllabi/extra handouts from...

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Living With Less Than/Greater Than and Wild Geese

September 6, 2023
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Personal Writings, Women's, Family, and Recovery Issues, Writings

Thinking again (oh, STOP THAT, Eileen…) as I trudge through backlogs of clerical work and a good five hours of retroactive better-preparation handout-creating for a calligraphy class I started teaching at a library last night. For perspective, though I hate to put this here, I’m being paid $200 to do this course. It will meet for four weeks, with each class 1.5 hours long. I will drive 45 minutes each way to the location. And, I have made myself available...

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Swing Your Partner Round and Round

September 6, 2023
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Feral Thoughts, Personal Writings, Uncategorized, Women's, Family, and Recovery Issues, Writings

I pause mid-day for this short expression, knowing (hoping) it will be brief and probably murky in content. I often get images in my mind of movie scenes ripped from context but apt in adaptation of absurdity, and more. I often come up with phrases of words at the end of a string of ruminations. “Swing your partner round and round…do-ci-do…” came to mind just now…and then…a scene from a great film called Big Fish. Divorce is a death. It...

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Familial Generational Spirits: Vintage ~1994

July 23, 2023
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Personal Writings, Religion, Politics and Current Events, Women's, Family, and Recovery Issues, Writings, Writings on Violence in its Various Forms

I can still see the faces and odd behaviors of many of my siblings in Christ that night, when I showed up (with trepidation) to assess in person what was in the process of demolishing the Christian Community (as I knew it) that I had been part of for twelve years since I was an 18-year-old convert committed to following Jesus. My first husband and I were already on the brink of leaving, as were a large number of others....

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Who Were You Before You Found Yourself in This War?

April 11, 2023
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Life Stories, My Poetry, Personal Writings, Women's, Family, and Recovery Issues, Writings, Writings on Violence in its Various Forms

“Who were you before you found yourself in this war” ~from an email to myself4/6/2018, 1:29 AM In one of my favorite scenes from Saving Private Ryan, the Captain Miller’s small band of men are at such internal odds with one another over various things, and, the mission itself, that they are on the brink of making a new war between themselves. It is then that the Captain (played by Tom Hanks) has the wits about him how to deflect...

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Between the Three Children There Have Been Six Suicide Attempts

March 2, 2023
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Religion, Politics and Current Events, Women's, Family, and Recovery Issues, Writings, Writings on Violence in its Various Forms

I listened to this interview tonight and quite honestly, I’ve never heard of a situation quite like this. All kinds of thoughts will be surely and rightfully ignited by this woman’s story. I don’t think anything I could write about it would compare with the words of the interviewer at one point toward the end. I take the title from a statement that Tracy Shannon made, as she shared her heart-wrenching story. “I’m blown away by the suffering of your...

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Eileen Slifer

I am a visual artist who works in a variety of mediums - producing fine art, illustration and design commissions/products for clients. I have been creating since childhood and sharing my giftings for hire since 1989. I also love to write and have been expressing in this way for a number of years in private poems, stories and journals that have been shared with treasured friends or publicly. Thank you for visiting my blog. I value the time and interest you spend on my expressions, and I read every comment.

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