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Musings: Freedom

By Margo, on March 7th, 2010%

Since yesterday I have been enjoying a very special freedom.  I was sick for the last two weeks.  Some horrible bug of an influenza/bronchitis type just took hold of my body and shook it right down to its roots.  I was knocked off my feet and spent about seven or eight days in bed followed by five or six days of tentatively, slowly getting back to “normal”.  During that period I made three trips to the doctor. 

I had no desire whatsoever to talk to people or to think about what I might be doing with my day.  I . . . → Read More: Musings: Freedom

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OASIS: Polly

By Margo, on February 20th, 2010%

In the summer, when the air was warm and my skinny nine-year old legs were brown and bare, I swung impatiently on the garden gate. My belly tingled in anticipation and every time I heard a car coming down the road, my heart pounded so fast and so loud I thought the whole world could hear it.

When the weather was too cold to be outside or if it was raining (quite frequently in England!), I sat with my nose pressed up against the window pane in the living room, fogging up the glass with each breath I exhaled. Eventually . . . → Read More: OASIS: Polly

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Musings: Commitment Now

By Margo, on February 18th, 2010%

I feel like a Mamma Bear in the middle of the great hibernation.  I have no desire to stir out of my warm cave.  I have no desire to get up, go out, do anything at all.  I just want to stay curled up where it’s nice and warm and be cozy.

Much of the country may be under snow right now.  Thank God Florida isn’t.  But that still doesn’t change the fact that it is freezing cold – by Floridian standards.  We have had heavier frost the last two nights than we have had all winter.  I almost can’t . . . → Read More: Musings: Commitment Now

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