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reflections on mortality
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Britton Gildersleeve
Nothing like a nervous day at the doc’s to make you realise your life is very good. Not that I needed reminding… But it still serves as a bit of a wake-up call. You know: what the heck are you whining about?? 🙂 The eye that was giving me fits is just aging, as I…
life budgets ~ or, the rocks in the jar…
By
Britton Gildersleeve
If you haven’t heard the story about the rocks in the jar, you only need to know that the big rocks go in first, or you can’t put in the pebbles & sand. And that the big rocks are what we value most. For most of us, that’s family, friends, our interests. My husband —…
mothering ~
By
Britton Gildersleeve
Today we sent a box to my wonderful daughter-in-law. And the grandson she’s carrying. (We included a bar of chocolate for my elder son… 🙂 ) Inside the box were 2 blankets — one my mother-in-law made so many years ago for my son. Carefully embroidered w/ slightly faded animals on white squares, surrounded by…
planning funerals (spoiler alert: not to hold for a while, hopefully) ~
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Britton Gildersleeve
I want this read at my funeral. Which I hope is many years in the future (my good news yesterday — no cancer! — certainly helps me believe that!). I want it read because it’s what I’ve always believed, even as a small child. We really are stardust — which to me is so magic.…
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