03/23/2022 Lynn Murphy Mark It is the month of March, dedicated to Women’s History. This week there is an historic process taking place: the nomination hearings for Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson. The meetings are intended to evaluate her as a candidate for a seat on the Supreme Court of the United States. I have spent …
03/22/2022 Lynn Murphy Mark I have two wonderful all grown up children, Jackie and Ted. When each was born I discovered how the heart makes room for another living being and fierce love extends to all children throughout our lives. They have made me proud, made me laugh, challenged my thinking, brought me joy, taught …
03/21/2022 Lynn Murphy Mark After our dachshund, Minnie, died last year we lasted three weeks before we started an earnest search for a new dachshund. I happened to get the name of a breeder and called her to see if she had any female pups. She said she did not, but she did have a …
03/19/2022 Lynn Murphy Mark It is very early on a Saturday morning. Yesterday, all day, I kept hoping for an inspiration to strike so I could put together a blog post. I looked inside myself for a bit of something to write about. Nothing, nada, zilch, zero, bupkus – all through the day. I thought maybe …
03/16/2022 Lynn Murphy Mark A wonderful friend of mine confessed that recently she had been on a rampage with God, specifically about the situation in Ukraine. During her rant she demanded to know why God does not open the way to a solution for the tragedy happening in Europe. No clear answer came to her. …
03/14/2022 Lynn Murphy Mark When I sit at the computer I can look out the window at the bird feeder hanging a few feet away. I love watching the birds come and help themselves to the free food. The feeder has six slots where seeds can be accessed. Somehow it has been decided that certain …
03/12/2022 Lynn Murphy Mark Sometimes I have to turn off the news. That doesn’t mean I care less about what is happening in our world but it does mean I need to unplug and recharge. That in itself is distressing to me because I think of people in Ukraine who can’t unplug because they are …
03/10/2022 Lynn Murphy Mark Once in a while I think about my senses fading with age. I know it isn’t inevitable, but I wonder if my sight will be affected, or my hearing. When I think of all my senses together I put hearing at the top of my list. I am an auditory learner and …
03/08/2022 Lynn Murphy Mark Every Sunday at my Unity church there is a prayer chaplain available before and after the service. We are there to pray with anyone about anything that is on their hearts and minds. A person approaches us, sometimes hesitantly, as if what they are going to ask for is a heavy burden …
03/05/2022 Lynn Murphy Mark Yesterday morning I made my way to the towering Thomas F. Eagleton United States Courthouse in downtown Saint Louis. Ordinarily I have no good reason to make my way into the heart of the city, except for Cardinals baseball games, (that’s a whole different blog), but it was a special day. …
03/04/2022 Lynn Murphy Mark You have to be a certain age to remember the years of what was known as “The Cold War”. It’s a term given to the time between the end of World War II, circa 1945, and late into the 1980’s. It was called a cold war because the two adversaries, Russia …
03/02/2022 Lynn Murphy Mark Last night’s State of the Union event held my attention from the beginning of my liberal MSNBC reporters’ coverage, through the ceremony and beyond into the after-speech remarks. Ordinarily I would not have committed so firmly to watching a President deliver a report card on his, or her (someday), accomplishments. I …
02/27/2022 Lynn Murphy Mark Just the other day a retired nurse friend of mine disclosed that she has decided not to renew her nursing license. She served as a Registered Nurse for decades, like me. Unlike me, she is brave and insightful enough to know that any future work in health care is out of …
02/26/22 Lynn Murphy Mark My heart is breaking for the people of Ukraine. Putin has unleashed his hounds of hell on a country that does not belong to him, and does not wish to return to Russian rule. Kids are being conscripted to fight against Russian forces. Men up to age 60 are being signed …
02/24/2022 Lynn Murphy Mark We are coming up on the second anniversary of the frightening news about a mysterious virus that traveled half way around the world to touch both of our shores, and then it roared into the middle of the United States. Hundreds of thousands of Americans have died as a result. Thousands …
02/22/2022 Lynn Murphy Mark Not long ago I wrote about a good friend who heard the words, “You have cancer”. For the last three weeks her life has been a whirlwind of preparation for surgery – ultrasounds, an MRI, the placement of markers to guide the surgeon. All of this done with the deep hope …
When a beloved dog crosses that Rainbow Bridge All joy in the house lies frozen in memories and tears. We lost Minnie after thirteen and a half years of her company. And now that she has ascended to a place we cannot see Our eyes and hearts hold her memory close. She was quite a …
Lynn Murphy Mark 02/17/22 For almost two years now, I have been studying the matter of white privilege. Learning how it affects me and how it has been a part of the tapestry of my life has become an uncomfortable but necessary exercise. I am in a study group and we have read two in-depth …
Lynn Murphy Mark 02/14/2022 In Brene Brown’s lastest book, Atlas of the Heart, she says this about gratitude: “Gratitude is an emotion that reflects our deep appreciation for what we value, what brings meaning to our lives, and what makes us feel connected to ourselves and others.” Last week in a meeting, one of the women …
Lynn Murphy Mark 02/13/2022 Dear Baby Momoh, It is near the end of August, 2017, and today is an important day – your parents are getting ready for your arrival. You might come tonight, or maybe tomorrow, or, at the latest, Thursday. There are hundreds of people waiting to hear about you when you leave …
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