Gifts of History
The History Fairy gave me three gifts this week, she blessed me with old memories and new insights. Thank God for history and all the people who live, record, and study it. My first gift was a...
View ArticleGratitude Lists Work
*Note -This post is from 11/11/11 and it’s raining again today. I have so many more readers I thought I’d rerun it and take a nap. I still believe every word except the intro. My health is fine and...
View ArticleBest Friends
Note… This blog was first published on 9/30/11. In that first month, I had about 20 subscribers so I chose to post it again. There will be a fresh one soon. I hang up on from a phone call with a very...
View ArticleLoving Connections
This week I received cards from two people I haven’t seen in years but each was a good friend. Another person showed up in church who took a class from me 23 years ago. What a blessing! Funny how you...
View ArticleTime Marches On
My dear friend and colleague, Rev. Jeanette Keil, made her transition last week, while I was at the Asilomar conference. I’d been saying good bye in my heart for while, but I was sad. At the same...
View ArticleSunny Days
It’s been hot here and I don’t enjoy hot, humid weather. I tend to forget San Diego has the best year-round climate in the continental US. I’m like the millionaire who complains when her stocks don’t...
View ArticleAppreciation
Someone from New York City came to church yesterday. She’d been carrying around an article I wrote for two years. She wanted to meet me because the article was important to her. I can’t tell you how...
View ArticleBest Friends
Note: first posted on Sept 30, 2011 reprinted Sept 17.2013 | Author: janeclaypool | Filed under: General | Modify: Edit this | Leave a comment » I hang up on from a phone call with a very good friend...
View ArticleStaying Positive
I am working hard on physical and occupational therapy in rehab. My quest for the demonstration of my healthy and active physical body is going well. I am clearly getting better. I still don’t have...
View ArticleCompassion Notes
I’ve been in rehab for five and a half weeks and I still don’t have a definite medical diagnosis! While I am obviously getting better, my case is still a medical mystery. I’m certain I have excellent...
View ArticleGod Sends
When my daughter returned from Africa last week it would have been considerate of me to give her time to deal with jetlag, but my bags were packed. I was “Raring to go!” I’m out of Rehab and I love...
View ArticleGetting Gladder
A friend, who was born in 1908, taught me to say, “Another day to be glad in” the first thing every morning. She learned it from her mother who was born around 1880. I now teach it to people who were...
View ArticleHappiness Teachers
“I’m not so interested in stuff anymore. These days, I’m after experiences,” she said. When I heard my friend speaking, I thought she was expressing wisdom that usually comes with age. Eventually,...
View ArticleTurning Pages (posted by Jane’s daughter)
My mother, Rev. Dr. Jane Claypool, made her transition out of physical form on 10/31/14. I was lucky enough to be with her, so I know it was an instantaneous event – for which I am grateful. However...
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