Tag: life changes

Guest Post by Mim Jacobson

Today is June 24, 2021. It is two weeks ago today that I had the second of my two surgeries within one week. The first was Sunday, June 6, an emergency appendectomy that began with a slight fever about 3:00 a.m. I took Tylenol and set the alarm for 5:30 a.m. to make asparagus strata…

Marian

June 25, 2021

Book Recommendations, God’s Love, Life’s Challenges, Reflections, Uncategorized

God’s love, life challenges, life changes, reflections, spirituality
The Best Thing about Darkness

There seems to be much more darkness in the world today than there was a week ago, when I last posted my thoughts on this blog. In the most literal sense, the sun rose 9 minutes later today than it rose a week ago, and it will set 7 minutes earlier than it set a…

Marian

November 17, 2015

God’s Love, Life’s Challenges, Reflections

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My Cohort in Big Adventures

In the middle of my 11-day getaway a couple weeks ago, I drove home to Cambridge to have Sunday brunch with Mim and my other cohort in big adventures, Ellen Kogstad. Ellen was in Wisconsin for a wedding, so I jumped at the chance to have a few hours together to catch up on our…

Marian

May 12, 2015

God’s Love, Life’s Challenges, New Year, Personal Retreats, Reflections, Reunions

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Henry’s Story

Henry is one of my heroes. I knew Henry for a total of about twelve years, starting in 2000. He wasn’t a perfect person. He had one significant flaw that I knew of – not being punctual. He lived by his internal clock, not his watch. But he taught me more about forgiveness, kindness, and…

Marian

April 14, 2015

God’s Love, Life’s Challenges, Reflections

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Observing Holy Week – Jail Style

Last Thursday I participated in the women’s worship service at the county jail. I’ll be doing the same thing again this Thursday, Maundy Thursday. Women inmates have the opportunity to go to worship once every other week. The women from half the cell blocks are given the opportunity one week, the other half the next…

Marian

March 31, 2015

God’s Love, Jail Ministry, Lent, Life’s Challenges, Music, Reflections

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Why Was I Created?

Over the last few years I’ve had the practice of starting the day with reading from two or three devotional books by my favorite inspirational writers. This year I’m reading: The Monastic Way by Joan Chittister (a pamphlet that comes monthly, with the readings of each month based on a common theme), Bread for the…

Marian

March 10, 2015

Book Recommendations, Goals, God’s Love, Life’s Challenges, Reflections

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Better Than Counting Sheep

One night last week I couldn’t sleep. I’d taken a Sudafed for some head congestion, and my body just wouldn’t let me drift off to sleep. So, I tried to heed the advice I’d received from a friend and shared on Facebook a week or two ago – use the time to talk with God.…

Marian

February 3, 2015

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Abbey Still Has More to Say

In my imagination, Abbey has been talking to me over the last couple weeks. Her spirit is still very much alive. “Mom,” she said, “I was really sad to leave you, and I still think about you a lot. But I’ve also been really busy exploring heaven. You can’t imagine all the smells there are…

Marian

November 25, 2014

Assisted Living, Celebrations, God’s Love, Life’s Challenges, Reflections

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De-Adult Me, Please

Remake me as an awe-fascinated primitive, de-adult me so as to wonder like a child … [from Edward Hays, A BOOK OF WONDERS, p. 336] The picture above is my great niece, Katie. I snapped the picture at our family Christmas celebration in 2001. Katie is in high school now. I hope she keeps her sense of awe and wonder forever.…

Marian

November 4, 2014

Life’s Challenges, Reflections

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The 3 Heroes in my Life

The earliest hero in my life was Roy Rogers. I wanted to be just like him – ride a horse like Trigger, have a dog like Bullet, and wear a white cowboy hat on my head and two six-guns in a holster at my waist. I wanted to always stand up for what was right,…

Marian

October 21, 2014

Goals, God’s Love, Life’s Challenges, Reflections

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