Dear Edie, I am your Maternal Grandmother, your mother’s mother. We live in Alaska. You have another grandmother who is your father’s mother and she lives in Washington. We both love you very much. You already know your Birth Story on September 16, 2015 in Everett, Washington. Your mother will tell you about the twelve …
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That is what Herbert Morrison, an American radio reporter cried out when the Hindenburg zeppelin, a German passenger airship, exploded on May 6, 1937 near Lakehurst, New Jersey. It burst into flames and the thirty-six people on board perished. Since then, the expression has been used to describe all kinds of disasters. It’s what I’ve …
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Genealogy is a passion of thousands of people. Maybe millions. My husband has been doing genealogy for over twenty years. When we were stationed with the Coast Guard in Washington, DC, we spent many weekends combing through files and micro-fiche at the National Archives, the Daughters of the Revolution, and the Library of Congress. Virtually …
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In late August of 2004, I traveled to Marsh House on Whidbey Island to learn how to contribute to the world from Christina Baldwin and Ann Linnea of PeerSpirit. The Circle Practicum was called “Building Communities of Reflection, Adventure and Purpose”. Each day for a full week, we sat in circle in a beautiful building …
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Several times, I’ve sat down to write the blog for Gather the Women, but my mind is on one thing: Our daughter Amy is expecting her first child on September 25th. We know that the baby is a little girl. We know her name is Edie Simone Fisher. So, this blog will be personal, and …
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Judge not lest ye be judged
June 24th, 2015 | Posted by in Gather the Women | Inspiration - (0 Comments)This is a personal blog that I want to share with all of you. It’s what keeps coming up for me even though it doesn’t fit inside the circle of GTW themes. My sister Kathy spent a month in California moving our father out of his home and into the local convalescent home. Our two …
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The Wonder that is Jeane Tu Bears Jacobs and Lorraine Lima
May 23rd, 2015 | Posted by in Activation | Empowerment | Gather the Women | Inspiration - (0 Comments)Yes. That is grammatically correct. TuBearsandLorraine. That’s how it rolls off my tongue. Tu Bears the Wise Woman. Tu Bears the Funny Woman. Tu Bears the Generous Woman. Tu Bears the Healer. Lorraine the Wise Woman. Lorraine the Artist. Lorraine the Teacher, Lorraine the Techie behind the Feather. Tu Bears and Lorraine. Every single day, …
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Of Bellies and Babies
May 12th, 2015 | Posted by in Empowerment | Humor | Inspiration - (0 Comments)On May 3rd, I went to a baby shower for Heather, a friend who is a transplanted Rhode Islander and a distant cousin of my husband Doug. It had been many years since I’d been to a baby shower. At 67, the only two women I know who are pregnant are Heather, the honoree, and …
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My last blog was about “Forgiveness” (https://www.gatherthewomen.org/blog/) and I wrote that my sister was going to help my father move out of his home and go into a nursing home. She was in California thirty-three days and flew home to Tennessee yesterday. Dad is safe and in the local nursing home. Our younger brother and …
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Heather Plett recently wrote a blog post about holding space. It struck a deep chord for me. My sister and I are going through a dark time with our elderly father, and I shared those feelings with Heather. I thanked her for a way to express my experience as holding space. I am holding space …
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