Tag: fear
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Je suis toujours ici
Fall is here and I still have much to learn. Too many spaces unexplored, too many lessons left undone to leave now. My contract beckons and I must listen. There is more of the journey ahead as I twist and turn. I hear the call of something more than me, something that hovers just over…
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Rando affreuse
Today Bobby and I took an ugly hike. I’m not exaggerating. The Peygros-Grasse trail was overgrown, not well-marked, foul-smelling in parts, and really ugly. We walked down an old road for well over a kilometer before we reached the trail head. As I gazed down this narrow side trail, I felt like we had gone…
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Le Petit Marin
The little sailor sits on the dock, his bare feet swinging back and forth. Dances of anticipation in the crisp salty breeze. The sun dips lower toward the hills casting an amber glow against his ruddy skin. He extends a plump toe out to rest on the board floating nearby, as it bobs up and…
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Merci monsieur
As he approached the bench where we were sitting, I could tell instantly that there was something wrong. He walked tilted slightly to the left and seemed to drag every other step. His face was serious, stern almost. His eyes glassy and downcast. It took him a minute to recognize us out of context. But…
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Il suffit d’une institutrice incroyable
Today I witnessed such grace that it made me weep. Most days I would pass this moment by – there are errands to do, work to be started. But something caught hold of my soul this morning and won’t seem to let go. So off to pen and paper I go. We have been blessed…
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Confiance
I gazed at the teetering boulders overhead as we rounded the sharp curves, feeling a bit like Chicken Little. The roadway to Courmes is narrow and winding. The creek lays many meters below the drop-off to the left. To the right steep, jagged rock faces cut into the hills are lined with fences to keep…
40 Weeks in France 