Family Archives - SpirareLife https://spirare.life/category/family/ Alison's Blog Fri, 26 Feb 2021 22:06:38 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://spirare.life/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/cropped-leaf_thumbprint_01Small-1-32x32.png Family Archives - SpirareLife https://spirare.life/category/family/ 32 32 A New Kind of Independence Day! https://spirare.life/2014/07/04/a-new-kind-of-independence-day/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=a-new-kind-of-independence-day https://spirare.life/2014/07/04/a-new-kind-of-independence-day/#comments Fri, 04 Jul 2014 17:56:04 +0000 https://www.lawofintegrity.com/?p=1422 Happy Fourth of July All! The day is sure to be replete with lots sizzling fireworks not to mention those sizzling scents from the grill—be it steaks, hamburgers and hot dogs or veggie burgers, corn, and asparagus. This is a day for celebration. And while hopefully no bombs will be bursting in air, including in […]

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]]> https://spirare.life/2014/07/04/a-new-kind-of-independence-day/feed/ 1 Follow Your Christmas Star https://spirare.life/2013/12/24/follow-your-christmas-star/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=follow-your-christmas-star Tue, 24 Dec 2013 18:52:05 +0000 https://www.lawofintegrity.com/?p=1361 I love the night sky. Ever since a child. When little I used to think that the brightest star of the night was there just for me. I never called it my North Star and later I discovered I was right for it was never the North Star I gazed upon but instead Venus—which is […]

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]]> Healing with Acronyms: FOOL https://spirare.life/2013/12/19/healing-with-acronyms-fool/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=healing-with-acronyms-fool Thu, 19 Dec 2013 23:02:59 +0000 https://www.lawofintegrity.com/?p=1345   Forget Others’ Opinions Laugh   Even Shakespeare’s darkest tragedies infuse comic relief. Can we say Macbeth and the Porter in unison everyone. The town fool supplying tension-breaking buffoonery is a staple in all great drama. Laughter at follies, and especially at others’, is part of our human dynamic. Without it the world would be […]

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]]> Timeless Gift by Stephanie Stevens https://spirare.life/2013/12/10/timeless-gift-by-stephanie-stevens/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=timeless-gift-by-stephanie-stevens Tue, 10 Dec 2013 19:29:21 +0000 https://www.lawofintegrity.com/?p=1328     Years ago, I was reading the engraving inside of a beautiful antique pocket watch. It read: “To my darling husband, your loving wife and children.” The engraved year was dated in the late 1800s. Immediately I envisioned that scene so long ago. When the wife gave that stopwatch she was giving a piece […]

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]]> Why Wait for Santa To Come to Town When You Can Be One All Year Round? https://spirare.life/2013/12/03/why-wait-for-santa-to-come-to-town-when-you-can-be-one-all-year-round/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=why-wait-for-santa-to-come-to-town-when-you-can-be-one-all-year-round Tue, 03 Dec 2013 19:00:05 +0000 https://www.lawofintegrity.com/?p=1310 It’s that time of year again. Black Friday has passed and hopefully we all survived. Carols don the airwaves. Tree lots miraculous sprouted, and even if you live in a sunny California, as I do, you get frosted trees—bringing at least the appearance of winter into your very own home. The Holiday spirit is in […]

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]]> Self Control by Dean Nixon https://spirare.life/2013/11/19/self-control-by-dean-nixon/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=self-control-by-dean-nixon Tue, 19 Nov 2013 16:09:57 +0000 https://www.lawofintegrity.com/?p=1273 To truly be the master of our own lives we must first learn to master ourselves. The power of self-control as an ally in the quest for peace is essential for understanding truth. It provides discipline and limits the self-destructive thoughts and behaviors. It is easier to surrender to the bondage of blame, not only […]

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]]> The New School Bully; It’s Not Who You Think by Cindy Hogan https://spirare.life/2013/10/29/the-new-school-bully-its-not-who-you-think-by-cindy-hogan/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-new-school-bully-its-not-who-you-think-by-cindy-hogan Tue, 29 Oct 2013 17:38:06 +0000 https://www.lawofintegrity.com/?p=1234 There is a new bully in town and it’s not who you think.  Our schools have been fighting the good fight for a while now with positive results, but bullying still happens.  We hear it in the news all the time about some mean kid launching an attack on a peer and making their life […]

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]]> Anger–A Daughter’s Rage at Alzheimer’s by P.J. McIlvaine https://spirare.life/2013/10/22/anger-a-daughters-rage-at-alzheimers-by-p-j-mcilvaine/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=anger-a-daughters-rage-at-alzheimers-by-p-j-mcilvaine Tue, 22 Oct 2013 15:33:46 +0000 https://www.lawofintegrity.com/?p=1214 We were sitting in a restaurant–me, my mother, and the jerk who eventually became her second husband (he was also the creep who tried to molest me under the guise of fatherly pretense). He went on and on about how much he loved my mother, that my brother and I had nothing to worry about. […]

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