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Monday, September 25, 2006 Touching Spirits Part One It all began 5 years ago, with a notification to my Inbox… “You’ve Got Mail!” I clicked on the link and saw the photo. It was the beautiful smile of a man at the helm of a sailboat with a Spirit that spoke to me in a way that made me feel at home, peaceful.. and all those other sensations we know not where they come to us from… but they come all the same, and they are welcomed like the gentle wind that blew him softly into my life. The firs...

Red Horizon she sits beside her drawn curtain at her window trying to light her darkness from within she’s lost her way along life’s lonely path not knowing if she can begin again each rock she makes is ever so gentle feeling the heavy weight of life upon her chair knowing it will take just one more hard rock to finally make her fall and disappear for she has seen her life’s blood drip slowly in a puddle beside her solitary chair the darkness hides the color that has escaped her just a faint ...

Red Horizon she sits beside her drawn curtain at her window trying to light her darkness from within she’s lost her way along life’s lonely path not knowing if she can begin again each rock she makes is ever so gentle feeling the heavy weight of life upon her chair knowing it will take just one more hard rock to finally make her fall and disappear for she has seen her life’s blood drip slowly in a puddle beside her solitary chair the darkness hides the color that has escaped her just a faint ...

This is an excerpt from a blog I wrote in response to a young girl's question to me about living with what others refer to as a disability. It took me many years and a lot of hard work to realize I was not alone. Since I was born in the 50's life tended to be isolating... I was one of only two "handicapped" kids in my school until high school. I will share with you what is now termed an "Aha Moment" in my life, which paved the way for a "Take Life By The Horns" attitude which is still with me...