Category Archives: Love

Breakfast with Blue

Posted on July 29, 2023 by Kathy Ruff

This blue heron (I’ve named him or her “Blue”) has been visiting regularly in the canal behind my home for the past two weeks. A low water level has made it ideal for Blue to find breakfast in the slow-moving … Continue reading →

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You can’t share what you don’t have

Posted on January 1, 2022 by Kathy Ruff

Happy New Year – 2022! As a New Year unfolds, I realize (again) an inner desire to share. I also realize if I want to share love, joy, peace, happiness and contentedness, I have to have and BE all of … Continue reading →

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Raise Your Self…Forgive Yourself

Posted on April 4, 2021 by Kathy Ruff

Awakened by Abby scratching on the bed, my frustration grew when Tom bent over to try to entice her to jump up and he took all the covers with him.  I pulled the covers strongly back over me and hoped … Continue reading →

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Wouldn’t it be nice?

Posted on March 15, 2021 by Kathy Ruff

Wouldn’t it be nice if… …we could enjoy what brings a smile to our hearts everyday? …we could hear what others really mean between the words of what they actually say? …we accepted others (especially our significant others) for who … Continue reading →

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Home is Where the Heart Is

Posted on February 12, 2021 by Kathy Ruff

      What do you consider home? Abby’s background as a stray with no home seems to make her appreciative and happy to have a full belly and be comfortable, safe and loved. Is home a place or a state … Continue reading →

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Accepting Certainty of Uncertainty

Posted on February 6, 2021 by Kathy Ruff

     The 1960’s TV sitcom Gilligan’s Island popped into my head today as I’m reading an article in the Jan/Feb edition of The Holy Encounter, a bi-monthly publication put out by the Miracle Distribution Center. The fictional crew and passengers … Continue reading →

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The Simple Joys

Posted on December 27, 2020 by Kathy Ruff

Christmas Day 2020 brings cheer to those with ‘kids.’  Though I have no children, I received extreme joy from watching Abby play with her new toy. Slobbering on the floor, Abby rolled back and forth ecstatic with her toy, making … Continue reading →

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Gifts that Keep on Giving

Posted on August 9, 2020 by Kathy Ruff

Last fall, a friend dropped off a few plants to add to my garden. Unprepared, I dug a little hole, put a little soil around it and stuck it in the ground.      This one is a stella d’oro … Continue reading →

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What does it mean to live simply?

Posted on June 30, 2020 by Kathy Ruff

What does it mean to ‘live simply’?  Strange enough, I think we know what it DOESN’T mean more than we do what it does mean. For me, it doesn’t mean going shopping for things I don’t really need.  It doesn’t … Continue reading →

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Your Free Will

Posted on June 16, 2020 by Kathy Ruff

I thought I’d post these clematis flowers in honor of a friend’s 98-year-old mother who just passed away. We probably all wonder about death.  Some worry; some don’t. Some pass in peace; others don’t. I wonder what part free will … Continue reading →

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