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Remind Us How To Be Brave: Poetry From Rosemerry Trommer

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Remind Us How To Be Brave: Poetry From Rosemerry Trommer

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Jennifer Wolfe, a writer-teacher-mom, is dedicated to finding the extraordinary in the ordinary moments of life by thinking deeply, loving fiercely, and teaching audaciously. Read her stories on her blog, mamawolfe at jenniferwolfe.net.
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Remind Us How To Be Brave: I discovered these beautiful words to remind us how to be brave on A First Sip.  After this week, the uprising in hate group empowerment, the reactions of our president, and the murder of an innocent woman, many of us are struggling with how to be brave. What does […]

Silence Is Not An Absence Of Sound – Reflections on Gordon Hempton

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Silence Is Not An Absence Of Sound – Reflections on Gordon Hempton

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I had just slipped out the front door in silence early one morning, hoping to squeeze in a quick walk-the-dog, when I realized I’d forgotten the library book I wanted to return. Quickly I turned around, and as I walked up to my driveway, my husband shouted ‘Jen” from the upstairs window. I screamed. Breathing deeply, […]

Let Us Be Silent

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Let Us Be Silent

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“Let us be silent, that we may hear the whispers of the gods.”   ~Ralph Waldo Emerson Thank you to First Sip for reminding me of the importance of quiet, of solitude, and of listening to messages from the Universe.

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Two Kinds of Quiet

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Cello strains of “O Come O Come, Emmanuel” were suddenly the only sounds in my living room. It’s quiet, I realized as I savored the last crumbs of my peanut butter toast. Too quiet. So quiet, I can feel everything. My coffee has cooled over the last three hours I’ve been awake. Two separate waves […]

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My Best Life July 2014: A Month of Quiet

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My Best July: The month of July was quiet -sometimes, WAY too quiet. My grown-up girl has spent her summer working as a ski camp counselor at her beloved Mt. Hood, Oregon. My thinks-he’s-grown-up son has been back and forth between Mt. Hood and Lake Tahoe, and when he’s actually at home his social life […]