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Deborah J. Brasket, Author

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Deborah J. Brasket, Author

Category Archives: Family

Moving From Hope and Faith to Trust

March 14, 2021

I’ve discovered for myself that hope and faith are feeble things compared with trust. Hope is a kind of yearning …

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Joy Amid the Turmoil: A 2020 Recap

December 28, 2020

The year 2020 may have been the most turbulent year any of us have ever known. Blogging in such a …

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True Ghost Stories: Growing Up in a Haunted House

October 26, 2020

Have you ever had any ghostly encounters? Each year around this time, I like to reblog a series of tales …

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A Secret Garden for My Granddaughter

September 13, 2020

I’m painting again, thanks to my granddaughter. She turns 8 years old next week and custom ordered two paintings for …

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My Arms Are Empty, But My Heart Is Full

July 19, 2020

My granddaughter who had been living with me this past year is visiting with her Aunt and Uncle this summer, …

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Brushes with Blackness: Best Friends and Bullies

June 21, 2020

As a child I was completely color blind. I know today people would say that was unlikely. Or even problematic. …

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Brushes with Blackness, 1

June 12, 2020

All of us who are white in America were born into a country steeped in racism. Even for those of …

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Mothering the World on Mother’s day

May 10, 2020

In the Time of Corona we all need a little mothering on Mother’s Day. A huge influence on my understanding …

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Joy and Grief and Everything in Between

April 27, 2020

I don’t know if it has anything to do with Covid-19, all these mixed emotions that swell and rage and …

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Home Schooling Again, & Who’s the Boss?

March 23, 2020

I home-schooled my two children for six years when we were sailing around the world on La Gitana. And now, …

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After sailing around the world in a small boat for six years, I came to appreciate how tiny and insignificant we humans appear in our natural and untamed surroundings, living always on the edge of the wild, into which we are embedded even while being that thing which sets us apart. Now living again on the edge of the wild in a home that borders a nature preserve, I am re-exploring what it means to be human in a more than human world.

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