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Turqoise Blue Water

Debbie — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 14:36:39 +0000

It has been stormy this last week, in Turkey. Severe gales of winds and just as you think the sun will come out you get pelted with rain. The bluest seas come with the storm. They are already a beautiful blue and transparent. It is easy to get mesmerized watching a small squid or the [...]

The Euphoria of Waiting

Debbie — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 14:14:22 +0000

We enjoy a nice shower more than you. Well, probably. You see, this is my theory. In an age of instant gratification we rob ourselves of the ecstatic joy of receiving something we have done without. Something we have dreamed about and waited for. Let me explain it better. Have you ever been so tired [...]

A castle, community and culture

Debbie — Sat, 23 Jul 2011 07:17:35 +0000

On a beautiful Saturday morning. The first glimpse of blue sky since our arrival. I sit at the long table in the bar of a beautiful old german castle in the idyllic countryside. This castle is the home of a multicultural community. Some of the members are friends. Some of the visitors are also friends. [...]

Excuses or Opportunities

Debbie — Sun, 03 Jul 2011 06:26:38 +0000

Woke up this morning to the sound of rain on the side of the truck. It was 6:15 and Lizzy wanted to go for a run. She carefully considered an alternate route, donned her raincoat and climbed out the door. Moments later Abi woke up to do her morning yoga. She chose Lizzy’s bed (has [...]

20 Mistakes

Debbie — Wed, 20 Apr 2011 09:59:09 +0000

Mistakes – we have made a few. Here are some of our most memorable ones over the last couple of years: 1. While learning to use our GPS we followed its directions into the middle of an ancient Portuguese town on Easter Sunday, at the same time that all the old people were coming out [...]

Grief

Debbie — Sat, 09 Apr 2011 23:30:29 +0000

Spending time with a fellow nurse these days. Not only is she a nurse but she works in “homecare”. She works with the dying elderly and I used to work with dying children, both in the home. When you have something like that in common it frequently flavours the conversation. There are places you can [...]

The Power of Listening to a Story

Debbie — Wed, 16 Mar 2011 20:38:08 +0000

Thinking alot about helping and being and doing. I want to help people out of the depth of who I am not just the superficiality of what I can do. Especially if what I do has its main value in helping me feel better about myself. Going to Christchurch after the earthquake was quite a [...]

Dancing Skeleton’s at the Christmas Table

Debbie — Sat, 25 Dec 2010 16:47:40 +0000

It is early Christmas morning. I am the only one awake. We have been having such a great time with my family. The month has just raced by. You know, we haven’t gone back home for Christmas in America for 10 years. The last time the kids have been back was about 5 years ago. [...]

Some Thoughts about fear

Debbie — Sun, 17 Oct 2010 13:12:15 +0000

I have been thinking a lot lately but unable to formulate my thoughts into any flowing paragraph or post but my thoughts are hounding me, asking for a place to sit. Here is such a place. A place for my random thoughts. Some require something of me but I am not sure what. Others simply [...]

Being counted with the poor

Debbie — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 16:14:46 +0000

We have been hanging with economically poor people for our whole teen and adult lives. I went on many orphanages and dumps to visit people when I lived in Southern California. I chose a nursing school on the East side of LA that staffed a hospital that took care of the poor. I remember cleaning [...]