Category: Mops
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About friendship
Showing upTo offer time.Making time.Showing up with vulnerability. Honest.Receptive. Curious. Practicing intelectual hospitality. Spiritual Hospitality.Friendliness. Midlife FriendshipsA group of islandsOur imediat thirst for connection filledWith family. We don’t even quite know or have time to observe what we want, what we like, what we need. Women. Mothers. A different species.Self reliant. Self suficient. Self confident.…
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Planning to go but willing to stay
I have renewed energy as I gain some clarity about my timeline in this volunteering project. I have been intensely stretched and on one hand I loved the community. But on the other hand I have felt out of my league against my will. So many times I felt close to panic attack due to…
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Ioana
I regard you with envy and admiration.A decision that was fraught over.Not easy. But necessary.Closing a chapter. Making a clean cut.I appreciate your declared availabilityBut it’s not necessary.I worry for that phrase. The open door.Hopefully we won’t abuse it.Maybe you’ve tested the waters of absence,letting us go. Slowly over time.We’ll make do.I want to bless…
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Finding my words
I look desperately for an explanation. I think that would put me at ease. Why does my brain feel so scrambled? In regular conversations I look for words, basic words. Though when I take the stage my translating brain turns on and runs better than when having basic conversations. I vaguely remember feeling this way…
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Defiance
If I were tired and overstimulated, I would interpret defiance as stubborn disobedience and pointless opposition. What a difference a calm heart and mind can make in the approach to normal day to day new challenges. Saturday I attended a moms’ group and I was reminded of the power of prayer in keeping one’s patience…
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Clay at MomCo
I have a trailblazer friend. She is extremely talented and, since I’ve known her, she has tried her hand at many arts. And yet, finding your passion is not about being talented but about being brave, open and perseverent. And there are seasons we go through. She says she loves beautiful things and I believe she…
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MVT 2024 Romania
We hurried through the exodus traffic to get out of Cluj, on a Friday afternoon, anticipating the cold mountain air. And the silence of autumn. Each brought a small luggage, and all five of us piled into a car. Thus we began our chatting to reconnect and tell stories about life and the kids’ extracurricular…
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MVT 2024 – Valea Drăganului
Ne-am grăbit să ieșim din Cluj într-o vineri după amiaza de toamnă, anticipând aerul rece de munte. Și liniștea. Cu bagaje mici, ne-am urcat toate cinci într-o mașină și am început din mers poveștile de reconectare sau cunoaștere. În astfel de ieșiri, tot timpul aflam ceva nou din viața dinainte de copii, despre aventurile în…
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Să ne învățăm copiii să spere cu îndrăzneală
Teologia credinței are multe nuanțe. Mulți dintre noi credem în funcție de personalitatea sau mediul cultural în care ne-am dezvoltat. Unii își cer drepturile, alții așteaptă cu răbdare să li se facă dreptate. Sa li se dea partea. Cu cele mai bune intenții, un tată împărtășește cum fiica lui l-a învățat să apere cu îndrăzneală…
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Responding wisely
We can’t control what people do. We can only control how we respond. It’s not what you think. In my quest to cut things off my endless list, my projects list, my to list, as I succeed pulling away from some things, many flood to take their place. Monday was busy. Busy at the pool.…
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New MomCo Iris year
In my quest to clear my daily schedule, my mind, my life, I have marked many good programs for termination. I am too emotionally spent to distinguish between them. But I hope I can restart some, if they seem to have been kept on the safe column. I’m not too worried though. I feel that…
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MomCo Iris planning
Sometimes I think we are too tired and too old to start new things. We look around and others seem to have it all together and figured out. Every group needs a catalyst, or so we think. Some people are natural motivators, extroverts, good communicators, visionaries, with endless energy and ideas. But the reality is…