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DYING GRACEFULLY

Posted on August 8, 2014 by Amy Getter

I read the quote on my candle that says: “Grace. How you climb up the mountain is just as important as how you get down the mountain, and, so it is with life, which for many of us becomes one … Continue reading →

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DANCE TO THE BEAT OF YOUR DRUM

Posted on June 4, 2014 by Amy Getter

Some people’s lives are noted for their activism, their ability to inspire all of us.  Not everyone hears the drum in their soul.  And not everyone is recognized in their life as overcoming or possessing a fighting a spirit that can’t be kept down.  … Continue reading →

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THE LOVE CALL

Posted on June 28, 2013 by Amy Getter

That unmistakable “AAAAAAAmmmyyyyyy” heard down the street from my childhood home was my mother’s voice.  None of my friends’ moms had an operatic singing voice that floated throughout the neighborhood calling the other children home for dinner.  Just mine.  We … Continue reading →

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LEAVING

Posted on November 2, 2012 by Amy Getter

Have you perhaps heard or even said the comment following the death of an elderly person, “They had a good, long life”?  Of course, the reverse of that is the death of a young person, and we feel as though death robbed … Continue reading →

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CENTENNIAL WISDOM

Posted on October 10, 2012 by Amy Getter

A woman who is one hundred years old is oh, so slowly dying; we all sit at the bedside and feel as though we are holding our breath.  She is still breathing.  Her family and I are wondering how a person can stay alive … Continue reading →

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GOBLINS AND WITCHES

Posted on August 22, 2012 by Amy Getter

“Tis a fearful thing, To love what death can touch”                                                               … Continue reading →

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THE FACE OF DYING

Posted on August 3, 2012 by Amy Getter

Marge lay dying in her bed while her daughter waited for the end.  Her face had slowly shrunken in over the last few days, looking thinner and paler and what could only be described as a shadow of her previously rosy … Continue reading →

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ANOTHER LESSON

Posted on September 6, 2011 by Amy Getter

This might be part two of what I learn from the professor of life.  I ask him today how he is doing. “ I’m dying.”  he replies. “Are you dying today?” I ask. “Well, I don’t think so.” and his … Continue reading →

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