Tag Archives: Grief
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Is Happiness the Best Revenge?
Leave a commentFebruary 13, 2019 by lucieromarin
You’ve probably heard it said that happiness is the best revenge – meaning that, if someone undoes your life, the …
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Sitting with Mystery
Leave a commentJanuary 1, 2019 by lucieromarin
People keep posting soundbites about God not being responsible for the evils in the world, and how stupid it is …
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Burying the Cake – and the Alleluia
Leave a commentNovember 10, 2018 by lucieromarin
I’ve been ironing baby-clothes and thinking about this post by Dorothy Cummings McLean, in which she writes about what it …
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The Glass I Cannot Throw Away
Leave a commentAugust 23, 2018 by lucieromarin
This is the glass I cannot throw away. It sits next to my sink. I can’t use it (the …
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“We Have to Remain Faithful”
8March 15, 2014 by lucieromarin
You’ll hear this from the pulpit, sometimes: “When scandal occurs or others fall, we have to remain faithful,” or, “Even …
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Now I’m Just Somebody that He Used to Know
2March 2, 2014 by lucieromarin
This weekend, while trudging through the rain with a bag of groceries on my back, I suddenly remembered lines from …
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“They Shall Say to the Mountains, ‘Cover Us.'” (For When You Know What’s Coming, and It’s Bad.)
3December 6, 2013 by lucieromarin
I’m no fan of sudden disasters or unexpected evils, and quite understand why we wish for a little foreknowledge sometimes; …
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