Tag: metaphors for life

  • “Dad”

    Sacred Stories

    Her dad had lived with her for about 5 months before he passed.

    The bedroom set in the guestroom where he stayed, had belonged to his sister.

    After he passed, she put a few of his belongings in the bottom drawer, but the handles have since broken off and she cannot get the drawer open.

    Perhaps that is the reason that room smells like her dad….

    These are sacred stories. Pay attention to happenings in your life. Do you have a story to share? Send email to debra@scs-matters.com.

  • Donna!

    Sacred Stories

    Her mother had died tragically the weekend of her wedding. She was doing everything possible to make peace around all of that.

    Wanting to pick out some hand-crafted jewelry for a couple of her friends, she stopped in a gallery in the small town she was visiting.

    She was drawn to a powerful piece.

    Although the gallery is a co-op and all of the artists take turns to cover the retail hours, Donna, the artist who made this piece, was the one working that day.

    Her mother’s name is Donna….

    These are sacred stories. Pay attention to happenings in your life. Do you have a story to share? Send email to debra@scs-matters.com.

  • His Song

    Sacred Stories

    Her teen-aged son had passed, a tragic loss of such a young life.

    She had programmed her phone alarm to play what they had come to think of as “his song.”

    It was her day off.

    She woke up. His song was playing.

    In her sleepy fog, she fumbled to turn it off before remembering this was not a work day.

    She had not set her alarm.

    Her phone was not even on….

    These are sacred stories. Pay attention to happenings in your life. Do you have a story to share? Send email to debra@scs-matters.com.

  • “Ping!”

    Sacred Stories

    Her father’s passing had been very difficult. She and her sister were holding together his business. Many times she felt herself asking him for guidance.

    She noticed her dad’s special African drum would often make one “ping” as answer or confirmation to her thoughts or wondering. She knew he was answering her!

    (In spiritualism, rapping is a recognized form of communication between living persons and the spirits of deceased persons.)

    These are sacred stories. Pay attention to happenings in your life. Do you have a story to share? Send email to debra@scs-matters.com.

  • Tree Frogs!

    Sacred Stories

    Shortly before her husband passed, he ordered a frog bird feeder. She had no way of knowing the significance of that.

    After he passed, their yard became a play ground for tree frogs.

    They came, they stayed, they sang, and they dropped down onto picnic plates.

    She now wears several “frog” charms on her necklace as a reminder.

    Those who love us never leave us and nature has a way of helping us remember that. Often in surprising ways!

    These are sacred stories. Pay attention to happenings in your life. Do you have a story to share? Send email to debra@scs-matters.com.

  • Ashes!

    Sacred Stories

    Her kids were coming to stay for a while. She had been keeping her husband’s ashes in the guest bedroom, but thought it best that she not leave them out.

    After the visit, she looked for the ashes, but could not find them where she thought she had put them.

    She was so sure she had slipped the container into the hanging garment bag.

    Weeks of searching…. to no avail.

    Finally, she knelt down by the bed, crying, and said to her husband’s spirit, “Alright! This game of hide-and-seek has gone on long enough. Give your ashes back to me, please.”

    She went to the closet, and there at the bottom of the garment bag was the container with his ashes in it.

    These are sacred stories. Pay attention to happenings in your life. Do you have a story to share? Send email to debra@scs-matters.com.

  • Aunt Millie

    Sacred Stories

    He was at an open house, waiting out in the driveway for the arrival of an elder friend. As the friend arrived, and he helped her park safely, a man walked up.

    The man was asking for directions to the Dial-a-Ride. Having walked a good long way already after making a wrong turn, because it was a very hot day, he offered to give the man a ride.

    As they were driving, small talk led to discovery that the man’s home town was the town where he had been born. “I still have some family that lives there.”

    “What is the last name?” asked the grateful passenger.

    “That is the last name was a very good friend of my mom’s. Her first name was Mildred. She died recently.”

    “Yes, that was my Aunt Millie….”

    These are sacred stories. Pay attention to happenings in your life. Do you have a story to share? Send email to debra@scs-matters.com.

  • Coke!

    Sacred Stories

    They were on their way to an out-of-town major league baseball game. Their infant daughter was going to spend the night with a friend.

    For the first time maybe in her life, the previous day she was thinking that a Coke™ sounded good. (She had never liked pop!)

    She was feeling very sad about leaving her daughter, and went into the grocery store for drinks for the road.

    When she reached into the cooler her daughter’s name on the Coke™ bottle….

    These are sacred stories. Pay attention to happenings in your life. Do you have a story to share? Send email to debra@scs-matters.com.

  • From Grief to Serenity

    Sacred Stories

    On Thursday, she had to put down her beloved dog.

    Half-heartedly, on Friday she went to a conference previously committed to that she had missed the first day of.

    The first panel she attended was titled, “From Grief to Serenity”!

    On Joy and Sorrow
    Kahlil Gibran
    Your joy is your sorrow unmasked.
    And the selfsame well from which your laughter rises was oftentimes filled with your tears.
    And how else can it be?
    The deeper that sorrow carves into your being, the more joy you can contain.

    These are sacred stories. Pay attention to happenings in your life. Do you have a story to share? Send email to debra@scs-matters.com.

  • XM Radio

    Sacred Stories

    She had had a song in her head but all she had was the melody so she could not Google any of the lyrics.

    While she was changing stations on XM radio, the song came on!

    “Only the Young” by Journey….

    Chorus
    Only the young can say
    They’re free to fly away
    Sharing the same desires
    Burnin’ like wildfire

    They’re seein’ through the promises
    And all the lies they dare to tell
    Is it heaven or hell?
    They know very well

    These are sacred stories. Pay attention to happenings in your life. Do you have a story to share? Send email to debra@scs-matters.com.