Debra Basham

Living and Loving

Tag: Sacred Stories

  • Timing is ALWAYS Perfect

    Sacred Stories

    They were traveling from Michigan to Florida. It was the second day of their travels.

    Traffic was absolutely amazingly heavy!

    The day’s drive took two hours longer than it “should have” taken.

    However, the timing was once again Divine.

    They were checking in and a man came to the front desk saying he needed an ambulance for his wife. The clerk called 911 and she went with the man to tend to his wife.

    The wife had cut her leg very badly on something on the bed frame and was bleeding profusely. Both legs had significant lymph-edema, so it is very likely the wife will be admitted after the leg is sutured.

    The couple had been traveling on their way back home to Kentucky from Florida.

    So tender to realize that the timing is ALWAYS perfect!

  • Karaoke Connection

    Sacred Stories

    Her daughter was visiting for the holidays. They took her to a karaoke bar.

    Another young woman was singing, and she had a great voice, too. They all began chatting.

    The young woman and her family was from the same town up north where she grew up!

    She sent a text message to her mom, “Did you know so-and-so from high school?”

    “I remember the name,” her mom replied.

    “He is married to so-and-so,” she continued.

    “Does she have a sister named Jackie?” her mom asked.

    “Yes, her sister is Jackie!” she exclaimed.

    “I know Jackie very well,” her mom said.

    We don’t always know what all we have in common with those we meet. We do know one thing for sure: sacred connections can happen wherever we are.

    Take a moment to bring awareness to the ways we are always at the right place in the right time….

  • It’s a Small World After All

    Sacred Stories

    She had planned to be in the U.S. Virgin Islands, but the winds of fate had her in Key West, Florida. That morning as she walked back to the boat, she stopped to chat.

    Not every day you see a woman walking a lizard on a leash.

    As is often the case in tourist locations, the question of where you are from came up.

    “I grew up in St. Joseph, Michigan,” she offered freely, “but I live in Middle Tennessee now.”

    “Oh, a couple at that other dock over there are from St. Joseph, Michigan,” Lizard Lover said.

    Who would she meet that evening at a party hosted by some new friends who were staying in a condo nearby?

    That     couple from St. Joseph, Michigan….

    It’s a small world after all, but where we are and who we meet is part of a very big picture.

  • “Truth”

    Sacred Stories

    “Truth” was the message in Aaron’s Daily Quote:

    “Never be afraid of the truth. It can lead to painful situations but in the long run, it is your strongest ally. Ego may want to present the stories, how he or she did this or that to me. Let go of that; that’s not truth, but ego’s stories. But truth is truth. It’s not so hard to get to know it.”

    Betty Lue’s Loving Reminder opened with this affirmation:

    Love is the truth from which I forgive.

    A Christmas card received in that day’s mail continued the theme of truth with these words: May 2020 be full of Truth, balance and special memories!


    Watch for themes that reveal and guide. Like all of nature, we are riding currents, present but often not seen.

    “Truth” is one of these.

    Have a Sacred Story to share? Send email to Debra.

  • Army/Navy Game

    Sacred Stories

    He was a member of West Point’s “Black Knights” Army Football team.

    As a defensive end and fullback, his Army team beat Navy in 1966 and 1968, and tied them in 1965.

    December 14, 2019, is the day of his funeral and the day of the Army/Navy game!

  • Twenty-eight Years-Sueño

    Sacred Stories

    The three couples were best friends. One of the guys passed away.

    They all went to the Biscayne Bay for his memorial. Biscayne Bay is located on the Atlantic coast of South Florida, near Miami.

    The boat they went out on to spread his ashes was named Sueño.

    Twenty-eight years later, one of the guys went out fishing near his home in Southwest Florida, hours from the location where his friend’s ashes had been spread.

    In the distance he saw the name Sueño on a boat. Could it be?


    Coming closer, he saw the home port was Miami…

    Some interaction with the owner of the boat revealed that this was indeed the same boat!

    He took the photos of the boat which had been a part of something so significant for him so long ago. He could barely speak when he told his wife he had seen the boat. He wrote a song about the experience.

    His wife sent the recording of the song to their friend’s widow, who opened their email and heard the song on the 28th anniversary of the day of their friend’s passing…

  • Father John

    Sacred Stories

    She was on retreat.

    She put her hand up and the energy of Father John came in.

    She says she doesn’t exactly know what happened, but a couple of months later when she had an echocardiogram the mitral regurgitation that was discovered in her 20’s was gone!

    When she asked her cardiologist if it’s possible for mitral regurgitation to disappear, he said, “No. Perhaps mitral stenosis.”

    (Be willing to honor the nature of healing… Healing is a return to the ever-present well-being that is our true nature, and can happen any time.)

  • Nips

    Sacred Stories

    When I sat six boxes of Nips on the counter at the local Walgreens, the cashier said, “You must really like these.”

    “I can’t easily get them while I am in Florida, so I like to stock up. They are only 30 calories. A great way to calm cravings,” I responded.

    “My grandma loved them….” her voice trailed off. “She passed away last June.”

    “Are you Hispanic?” I asked, and she nodded her head yes. “You are so fortunate your culture honors our loved ones continuing to be with us. Day of the dead…. Your culture knows you don’t have to wait until you die to be together.” I smiled.

    As she put the boxes in my bag she continued, “My daughter is nine months old. My friend and I were driving and my daughter was just smiling sitting in her car seat in the back. I told my friend she does that a lot. My friend said it is probably my grandma….”

    How wonderful to share this truth with one another. We were not strangers. Nips and her grandma had brought us together.

    Thank you, Grandma….

  • See the Blessings in Disguise

    Sacred Stories

    Her husband is in a facility after having had a major stroke almost two years ago. He is losing Medicaid coverage for physical therapy. The physical therapist expressed a willingness to volunteer her time to train the private-pay care team that was working to help him maintain physical strength they have been able to develop.

    Mere minutes before the training, the administration of the facility said their liability insurance prohibits anyone other than their licensed therapists doing therapy for him.

    She was so angry…. She went home frustrated and fuming.

    She got in the hot tub and was crying and crying.

    Finally some space opened up as she realized an option is to have the private-pay care team transport her husband to their home 4 to 5 days per week and do the therapy there.

    She cried even harder when she realized that this plan will likely make him much happier!

    What a blessing to be able to see the blessings in disguise….

  • Welcome Dad!

    Sacred Stories

    The small building out back had been her dad’s man cave. They called it willeyville.


    Her dad had passed, but she still loved the ambiance in that space.

    She writes:

    “I am out in willeyville lighting the fire and getting it warm because my sister is coming over and we are going to do a family craft project. While lighting the fire I heard a noise behind me and turned around and the door was open. I had shut that door. Welcome Dad!”

    Especially at this time of year, notice happenings that remind us our loved ones are still loving us and enjoying our enjoying our lives.