Debra Basham

Living and Loving

Tag: metaphors for life

  • Three Letters

    Sacred Stories

    As her husband was facing death, he begged her to promise him that she would be open to loving someone else and having someone else love love her. Although she was only 51, that felt unthinkable to her at the time.

    She had been widowed 16 years when she met someone.The man she was marrying had lost his wife only a year earlier.

    The ceremony was tender with openness about their previous loves and losses. They each knew their spouses wanted them to be together.

    Pulling out of the church parking lot, the pastor noticed the license plate on the car she followed to the stop sign. Three letters, 3 numbers.

    The 3 letters on the license plate spelled out the bride’s late husband’s name.

    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.

  • 8:49 Divine Timing

    Sacred Stories

    At 8:49 am, she received a text from a colleague that would not be needing to use the office because her client had rescheduled. Also at exactly 8:49 am, she received a call from someone needing a session.

    Had that call come in even one minute earlier, the office space would not have been available.

    Everyone involved recognized Divine Timing.

    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.

  • Super Blue Moon

    Sacred Stories

    On Jan. 31, 2018, a total lunar eclipse occurred during the Blue Moon and supermoon, making it a rare Super Blue Blood Moon!

    He was dealing with some strong emotions, going back to an event that happened when he was a child. His family home had burned maliciously, an intentional act aimed at someone else. That had been a life-altering event.

    A friend sent him an article about the Blue Moon. He quickly wrote back, sending along this quotation from the article: The last time there was a celestial alignment of these three things was in 1982.

    Just happened to be the year his house burned down.

    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.

  • Missouri Sky

    Sacred Stories

    She had just driven past the vineyard where she had seen a migrant worker trimming grapes wearing her late husband’s down jacket. She had given the man her husband’s jacket some time ago.

    Today, just after she passed the vineyard, the song “He’s Gone Away Beyond the Missouri Sky” started playing on Pandora. Here is the photo of the audio screen in her car that day:

    Her husband made his transition in St. Louis….

    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.

  • Murphy

    Sacred Stories

    She loves animals, and put a post on her Facebook page about being involved with a rehome. Someone saw her post and wrote:

    Your post brought bittersweet memories… I was part of a Doodle rehome I remember trying so hard to assure the family that Murphy would find a wonderful home. In the back of my mind, I wondered if we might even be a “Foster Failure”…

    Murphy and I had a great ride home, he got along with my Doodle Girls & kids but we quickly learned that he hated men. Thanks for your big heart and reminding me of Murphy!

    This is a total “God” thing. Amazon Prime Pictures gives me an “On this Day” notification (which I love because lots of the pictures are from a computer I don’t use very often) and who popped up today?

    Murphy!!!

    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.

  • Dora

    Sacred Stories

    Our sweet new baby was born very premature. She was so tiny, and fragile, and she was having episodes of not breathing from time to time.

    I took my angel statue to the hospital and placed it over our sweet baby’s head.

    That was the end of breathing episodes.

    God is so good.

    The angel’s name is Dora.

    P.S. Now six months old, our baby girl weighs 20 pounds! Here she is with Dora.

    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.

  • Running Late

    Sacred Stories

    She was on her way to her Tuesday afternoon gathering. She called to say that she was running about five minutes later than usual.

    “Didn’t you get the email saying I am down with a bug and we are not meeting today?” her friend responded.

    She had not received the email message.

    And she had never called to say she would be late. The informal gathering was about thirty minutes before the formal sitting. She would have arrived in plenty of time for that.

    Prompted to make that call, she saved herself about an hour round-trip drive….

    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.

  • Cheesecake for Two

    Sacred Stories

    She had usually baked a cheesecake for her husband’s birthday. He would have been 63.

    She bought a piece of cheesecake to take home.

    When she got home and opened the box, inside were two forks dipped in chocolate….

    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.

  • Light My Fire

    Sacred Stories

    After she and her husband retired, he built their dream home. One of his favorite things in the house was a gas fireplace.

    She was always cold in the mornings and he would get up and turn on the fireplace.

    She often chided him about doing that, saying it used too much propane, and it would be more cost effective to turn on the furnace.

    He would smile at her and say, “I like the a-m-b-i-a-n-c-e.”

    After he passed, twice that gas fireplace lit spontaneously….

    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.

  • Divine Timing for Auto Service

    Sacred Stories

    She called to get her car in for service. She was hoping for an appointment on Thursday of that week because she was going to be house-bound with some workers coming.

    The auto repair shop could not get her car in until the following week on Thursday.

    Soon after the workers arrived, she heard a frantic knock at her door. A friend’s husband had just been taken to the hospital. He had driven their car so the woman needed a ride to the hospital.

    Obviously there was divine timing for the service of her auto. She needed to have her car that day!

    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.