Life is Sailing
A place of life exploration, sailing journeys, and piece of thought
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Monday, October 27, 2025 “What do you think I will be when I grow up?” Asked my daughter. That was a tough question for me. Let me think on that one. Your brothers I can take a solid guess. This one will be a therapist who uses animals to help his patients. This one will…
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Friday, October 31, 2025 The earnestness of a child. Have you seen it in their eyes? The intensity with which they gaze into your eyes, locked in for better communication. Their eyes are open and innocent. They share with concentrated excitement. It is full and rich, complete when we return such direct and focused attention…
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Saturday, November 1, 2025 We won an orchid at a missions fair at our church from the Singapore table. Several blossoms started dying so I thought maybe we had killed it, but then this beauty opened up. Life sometimes springs from what appeared dying.
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Monday, November 3, 2025 Feeling alone with someone is sometimes more difficult than feeling alone by oneself.
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Thursday, November 6, 2025 A sandpiper pecked proudly at the ground, outrunning the waves as she found hidden food under the wet sand. He was just like every other sandpiper on this peaceful morning… except for one key difference. He had but one leg. Whether born with just one leg or due to an accident, this…
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November 7, 2025
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Saturday, November 8, 2025 Family game nights teach us so much about ourselves. Tonight was Taboo. One of my sons got stuck on one word and repeated the same one word clue five times. I think he may need to work on flexibility. I found myself providing a lot of words but not as salient…
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Sunday, November 9, 2025 Five years ago, a man named John McDaniels greeted us at our church in Hawaii. He was undergoing treatments for cancer and seemed quite exhausted from the treatments. He didn’t always make it to church because of the pain and weariness but when able, he and his wife faithfully attended, despite…
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Monday, November 10, 2025 One by one they fall Summoned to the throne On their knees they fall Fetal positions they assume And lay prostrate on their backs. Time it takes to recover, Slow, deliberate time. Waiting and resting With water a must to rehydrate To ensure through the pain and discomfort And settle out…
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Tuesday, November 11, 2025 This was quite the way to end a weekend of crazy sickness and destroyed travel plans. To be able to peer outside and catch a glimpse of such a colorful display of God’s creation restores life in my soul. And to share this sight with my husband, after he toiled alongside…
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