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Active Stillness

September 6, 2009by Val Sanford Leave a comment

Carmel Market Originally uploaded by dorkodog I have recently reconnected with a long-time friend. For nearly 15 years, we had shared many of the same experiences through church, Middle School […]

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friendship, General, hope, personal, Volunteering

We are the world.

June 28, 2009by Val Sanford 1 Comment

Michael Jackson isn’t really my cup of tea.  And the circus surrounding his death puts me off.  Yet Michael Jackson remains an important historical figure for my generation and I […]

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Death, General, grief, music, Volunteering

Dr. Tiller

June 2, 2009by Val Sanford Leave a comment

I am not going to write about how hypocritical it is for a pro-life supporter to shoot a Dr. I’m not going to talk about how God doesn’t want this; […]

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Abortion, education, General, Volunteering, women
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Julia Ward Howe’s original Mother’s Day vision.

May 8, 2009by Val Sanford 1 Comment

Reaffirming Julia Ward Howe’s Mother’s Day Vision, by Jonathan Klate  Julia Ward Howe offered her Mother’s Day Proclamation to the world in 1870.  Her dream was the establishment of an […]

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Politics, Religion, suffrage, Volunteering, women
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Choosing what we sow.

March 6, 2009by Val Sanford Leave a comment

Conversations these day are tough. We bombard each with fear, despair, disillusionment and division. People are stressed. They are frightened about the future; about tomorrow. How will we pay for college? […]

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faith, friendship, games, General, kindness, Politics, President Obama, Volunteering

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“Our deepest wishes are whispers of our authentic selves. We must learn to respect them. We must learn to listen.” ~Sarah Ban Breathnach

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Do a little more of that work which you have sometimes confessed to be good, which you feel that society and your justest judge rightly demands of you. Do what you reprove yourself for not doing. Know that you are neither satisfied nor dissatisfied with yourself without reason. Let me say to you and to myself in one breath, Cultivate the tree which you have found to bear fruit in your soil. - Henry David Thoreau

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