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April 18, 2020
Resilience Dispatch – April 18th – Day 31
Wishing you a smile, a chuckle, and a laugh today. With that in mind, I am sending you a little Springtime humor. I haven’t seen my first butterfly here in the mountains of North Carolina yet, but I anticipate I will soon. How about you?
Love,
Susan
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April 17, 2020
Resilience Dispatch – April 17th – Day 30
Remember when we used to write letters? Now, it seems old fashioned to write a letter by hand, address an envelope, find a stamp, and then put it in the mailbox. We may send a quick birthday card, but I remember spending entire evenings writing or typing letters to friends.
Now that we can send emails and texts...
April 16, 2020
Resilience Dispatch – April 16th – Day 29
Feel blue? Touch green! I heard this phrase for the first time a few years ago. In case you haven’t heard it before, it’s a reminder that getting outside and being in nature relieves stress.
Dating back to the early civilizations in China, Greece and Persia, there is strong historical evidence that contact with nature,...
April 15, 2020
Resilience Dispatch – April 15th – Day 28
Steady on, sweet readers. We’ve still got a ways to go before this crisis is over.
In the meantime:
Breathe deeply. Laugh often. Go outside.
Be grateful. Write it down. Seek out beauty.
Grieve when needed. Practice compassion. Encourage your friends.
Believe in something bigger. Sleep well. Go down to the river.
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April 14, 2020
Resilience Dispatch – April 14th- Day 27
If you have read my novels, you know that I often have a wise old woman character in my stories. In the Temple Secrets series, it is Old Sally. In the Wildflower trilogy, it is Aunt Sadie. And there are more. These are characters I created from my imagination, but there are real old wise women out there who are treasured...
April 13, 2020
Resilience Dispatch – April 13th – Day 26
The winds were fierce here in the mountains of North Carolina last night as powerful storms whipped through the southeast. Luckily, I slept through it all. But this morning I was stunned to see that a huge oak tree in my backyard had fallen. All my life, I have been a big fan of trees. After all, I chose to live in a...
April 12, 2020
Resilience Dispatch – April 12th – Day 25
In the Christian tradition, today is Easter. The Easter story is a powerful reminder of resilience.
Happy Easter, sweet readers! Happy Spring!
(No, I did not color those eggs myself, but isn’t it neat that someone did?)
Love,
Susan
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April 11, 2020
Resilience Dispatch – April 11th – Day 24
Happy Hour seems somehow more acceptable during a global pandemic. I have never been a big drinker—I would rather spend the calories on bread, something sweet, or a combination of the two—but I have been known to have an occasional beer. To my surprise, this beer glass (that I’ve had in the back of the cabinet for over a decade) finally makes...
April 10, 2020
Resilience Dispatch – April 10th – Day 23
In some ways it seems we have found ourselves in the belly of a whale. Those of us who are sheltering at home may be resorting to our own ingenuity to stave off boredom.
Perhaps ingenuity is too much to ask of ourselves during a pandemic. But what if it isn’t? Children can take two sticks and a rock and create entire worlds...
April 9, 2020
Resilience Dispatch – April 9th – Day 22
Whether I am writing a novel or not, one of the constants in my life is having tea in the afternoons with friends. I write in the mornings until early afternoon, so socializing for me often happens at around 2 o’clock. I have tea once a week with some friends. Others once a month. Before life changed, I invited them over to...
