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Taking the Headlong Plunge into Trauma Talkin’ (Part I)

February 20, 2022
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Life Stories, Personal Writings, Short Stories/Creative Writing, Women's, Family, and Recovery Issues, Writings on Violence in its Various Forms

“Have you ever heard of THERAPY!” This comment was written on social media in response to a friend’s blog-writing/sharing about the four-year-anniversary of the stillbirth of their full term son. It was unclear whether this was a question, or a statement, by the comment, or what their intention was. Right before this ending statement, the comment-maker acknowledged that the death of a child is hard/sad but that it had “been awhile” and then ended with that. Later, she and her...

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Quail, Quizzical Quizzicism, Obstacles, Obstinence and Optimism

February 15, 2022
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Personal Writings, Writings

Quail. Quizzical Quizzicism: Whyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy??????!!!!!!! Obstacles, Obstinance, Optimisim…Context…Courage. __________ It would seem I’ve been to the Silicon-Valley-of-the-Shadow-of-Death-and-back in the past twelve hours and am still somewhat uncertain if I’m out of these dark, dark sandy, woods! After a wonderful three days of reconnecting with my cousin, Laura, after not seeing her for three years, I returned home last night already resuming my anxiety over the vast amount of needful promotional work and other projects to resume focus on, to find my...

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The Unexpected Rapid Round Trip From Hawaii to Antarctica and Back – With No Preparation Nor Suitcase Packed

February 5, 2022
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Personal Writings, Writings

Hurting people hurt. This is absolutely true. Everything is complicated. This is absolutely true. There is nothing new under the Sun. This is absolutely true. Sparing the horrible, seemingly endless plethora of details of that which seemed to put me on a metaphorical emotional and spiritual one-way flight yesterday evening from Hawaii to Antarctica…this morning, as I try to get my sense of self and all that is good, right and spiritually true in this world and all else aligned…...

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Problems and Predicaments

February 3, 2022
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Personal Writings, Religion, Politics and Current Events, Women's, Family, and Recovery Issues, Writings

Listening to a podcast last night, I became focused on this statement:“Problems have solutions. Predicaments have outcomes.”That’s an interesting way to frame something… _________The podcast was in reference to issues now embedded in a pretty broad topic of current world interest, not my typical self-help podcasts – Ha. To me, this statement is interesting because it reflects the complexity of most things. Some things truly are problems that can be fairly clearly solved. I would say predicaments might be situations...

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Looking For – and Creating – CONSTANTS – in a World Full of Endless Variables

January 31, 2022
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Personal Writings, Religion, Politics and Current Events, Writings

I went to bed rather early last night around 10:00. I had a very active weekend in a number of ways and found myself pretty well exhausted physically and mentally by that time Sunday night. I actually remember thinking to myself that like a computer, that after heavy activity, begins to have some “file and program” processing issues, I knew I needed a good restart and reboot for Monday. As I turned off all the lights in various rooms and...

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That’s My Life in There….

January 27, 2022
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Life Stories, Personal Writings, Writings

Recently I had a conversation with an elderly person who said, “That’s my life in there…” While our lives are certainly more than what we interact with in the material realm, there is a huge truth I think we should pause and listen to, in these words… I imagine these thoughts are not uncommon as people continue to age. It was the idea and somewhat depressing yet realistic thought that one day after one’s death others will come into their...

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The Safest Place to Be

January 20, 2022
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Personal Writings, Religion, Politics and Current Events, Women's, Family, and Recovery Issues, Writings

Life is hard. While filled with abounding joys that I believe God wills for us, I imagine most people still wake up with various worries and go to sleep carrying various burdens. This morning as I center myself in my morning routine of reading, contemplation, prayer and music, I am thinking once again about ideas of fear, dread and safety. Many people in this world daily battle these things in the literal sense, while others battle the same things in...

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Art Images and Ideas of the Kingdom of Violence and the Kingdom of Peace

January 16, 2022
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Religion, Politics and Current Events, Writings, Writings on Violence in its Various Forms

One man’s violence is another man’s peace. One man’s peace is another man’s violence. History is often written by the victorious. The sufferings and violences (of all sorts) toward the weak may remain unwritten. The Bible as a collection of writings, contains elements of both written human past and written human future; it contains stories of violences and stories of peace. When writing about Violence I like to use the word violences, plural – as violence is not always physical...

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The Day(s) After – “Is it Ordinary Time Yet??!!”

January 7, 2022
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Book, Media and Movie Commentaries, Personal Writings, Religion, Politics and Current Events, Writings

I started this on December 26 and decided since it is (was) now January 6 as I re-read my initial draft (nice, this word can be pronounced in both the present and now past tenses!), I looked it over to consider if it is worth the finish, and now it is completed on January 7. At the risk of sounding sacrilegious, Jesus is wondering (in my imagination), “Is it ordinary time yet?!” I mean…these celebrations are beautiful but can be...

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I Literally and Unexpectedly Met “Mechanic Barbie” Today!

January 3, 2022
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Personal Writings, Women's, Family, and Recovery Issues, Writings

I seem to be finding myself in some remarkably unusual experiences from time to time, but perhaps that is just how I see things. Whether and how God answers prayer – or for that matter, if He exists – will never be proven. It seems to be an intentional mystery, essential for faith in the Creator and in knowing with what kind of Being we are dealing with… (are we alone in the Universe or does God see and is...

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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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