Gratitude for My Mom: Love Revealed, Anita’s Story

May 3, 2013

As Mother’s Day approaches, we bring you a gift from one of our Love Revealed Stories’ authors. Dear Mr. and Mrs. Rosenberg, Anita is adjusting nicely to third grade. She is especially enthusiastic about history, is an excellent speller and is in level III reading group. However, I have concerns about her many questions beyond […]

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Stressed? How to Mellow Stress in Stressful Times

April 26, 2013

There are countless ways to minimize stress. I want to share a few quick and easy techniques with you today. When my stress levels are in the lower realms, I tend to be more patient and compassionate with myself and others. I am nicer to be around. Mellowing myself sends ripples out to those around me. […]

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Musical Memories of Yesteryear

April 22, 2013

Several weeks ago, I listened to a weekly public radio show on creativity called The Spark, on WMRA. Martha Woodroof, the program’s host, read an essay she wrote, titled “The Great Hank Williams Died Here. So Drunk.” Another version of the story was in an article she had written that was published in the New […]

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Acts of Kindness

April 18, 2013

For the past couple months, I have been thinking about kindness, of the compassionate actions people show one another. I have been thinking of intentional, random, spontaneous, and/or intricately planned acts of kindness, whether toward strangers or with those we know. The term “random acts of kindness” is one familiar to many of us. One […]

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Ten-Minute Writings: Inspiring, Connecting, Jumpstarting

April 11, 2013

Writing helped me through the first months and years after my husband died. Early on, it was a sort of informal journal of dumping onto a page whatever was swirling in my head. Along the way, the writing took on various eclectic forms. I captured the essence of dreams. I wrote Seussical nonsense rhymes. I […]

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Love of Sharing Stories, in Childhood and Now

April 4, 2013

Stories and books held a fascination for me as far back as I have conscious memory. By the time I was two years old, my parents often read my favorite book to me at bedtime, T’was the Night Before Christmas. My sister was born when I was 2 ½ and I recall the day she […]

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Offering PDF of New Book in Exchange for Reviews

March 25, 2013

OFFERING a free PDF of Living Through Grief: Love Revealed – – in exchange for brief and honest reviews. If you can help us out, please contact me via denaclayton1111@gmailcom. Reviews can be a few sentences and can be about one or more stories or about the book as a whole. You will receive an […]

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New Stories Next Week ~ Living Through Grief: Love Revealed

February 13, 2013

If you like to be captivated and inspired by stories from real life, you will be happy to learn that the Love Revealed series is expanding. Next week, Living Through Grief: Love Revealed will be available in Amazon’s Kindle Store. Many people are uncomfortable when the topic of grief surfaces. This book challenges assumptions about […]

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Let Sweet Memories Warm Your Heart

January 30, 2013

I miss my mother. She has been gone twelve years this past Thanksgiving day. I know I will always miss her, just as I know our love for each other will always connect us. Death does not change love; love is still here. Among the many memories I hold dear is a simple nap ritual […]

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Write Where You Are, to Free Your Heart

January 24, 2013

How was I freed from haunting memories?  If I had to answer in only one word, it would be “writing.” And that one word needs more explanation for you to see how it helped me. Within about six months after my husband’s death in 2002, I often used a journaling approach Julia Cameron offered in The […]

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