All You Need Is Your Yes! By: Susan Deborah Schiller As promised, the adventure is starting today and it's Day 1 of writing your mini-memoir! A "Living the Adventure" mini-memoir is an heirloom quality book – a legacy – that is simple enough we can all write. A memoir is a gift for yourself and […]
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Five-Minute Friday: "Joy" By: Susan Deborah Schiller A 5-minute writing adventure bloggers from all over the world are doing today at "Five Minute Friday" with Lisa Jo Baker. We write for 5-minutes, no editing… and then we share! Click image below to join us! "Dance with me," I hear Him call. I'm writing in my […]
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My Dad's Last Summer Photos above taken five months before he died. By: Susan Deborah Schiller ~ Mini-Memoir Series I hear his heart calling me. Even if he had a phone he wouldn’t be able to dial out. He is on life support, in Ann Arbor. My heart is palpitating. It is Saturday morning, […]
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Spikey Girl By: Susan Deborah Schiller A Dream Parable A young woman sat on a chair, the center of attention, in a large gymasium. All manner of healing professionals did their best to heal her heart, but she was no better off than before they started. In fact, all their failures caused her to lose […]
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Five-Minute Friday: "Crowd" By: Susan Deborah Schiller A 5-minute writing adventure bloggers from all over the world are doing today at "Five Minute Friday" with Lisa Jo Baker. We write for 5-minutes, no editing… and then we share! Far above the crowds, into the dark sphere of the earth, my mind travels to a place […]
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The art of dawdling and wandering leads to childlike wonder and awe By: Susan Deborah Schiller The Daily Practice: To discover beauty and truth within the mystery of an ordinary day and to craft the experience in words. This cormorant rookery has become a sacred place for me, as I quietly glide among the empty […]
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Tracking a Psychopath, Part 2 By: Susan Deborah Schiller Part 1 Part 3 Trigger Alert: This article is intended for mature audiences and specifically for those who want to understand the inner working of sociopaths. It is not ideal for survivors who are working through the healing process. Please read with discretion. The […]
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Why Seeing the Wolves in Sheep Skin Protects Victims, and also the Predators By: Susan Deborah Schiller As someone with thousands of hours of listening to the life stories of sociopaths over the course of 14-years I want to show you the power of SEEING sociopaths in our midst… how we can protect ourselves from […]
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How Do You Fly? By: Susan Deborah Schiller “The real measure of your wealth is how much you'd be worth if you lost all your money.” ~ Author unknown I flew the coop. I broke up with "normal" and I'll never go back. I will not play the Game anymore. I once asked, "This ocean […]
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Publishing my Mom's Memoir By: Susan Deborah Schiller In this post I'm sharing the first page of my mom's life story book. Perhaps it will be an inspiration to interview your parents and elders, to attend to their stories, and embrace the mystery of your own family tree and the familiar sap that weaves its […]
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Prayer for a Child at Risk By: Kimberly Dimick We cry out for justice and mercy in Heaven's court, because the earthly justice system is inadequate at best, and abusive to abuse victims, at worst. Father, Romans 8 tells us that when we do not know how to pray or even what we ought to […]
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Feminine Economics By: Susan Deborah Schiller "How do you make your money," people sometimes ask me. In "Innocence Restored" I share all the jobs I once worked. In "Christian Economics 101" I shared how being a job slave, even to Christian employers, has created oppression, for many. I like working hard and I enjoy earning […]
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A Holy Hush Before the Grand Show Begins The Daily Practice: To discover beauty and truth within the mystery of an ordinary day and to craft the experience in words. It's March and all around me it seems there is a holy hush before the Grand Show of Spring arrives! I wanted to enter into […]
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Transported to Another World By: Susan Deborah Schiller I have always been drawn to the stories of holocaust survivors because they have so much HOPE and FAITH and LOVE to share with us. What does it take to survive a concentration camp, to even "dance beneath the gallows" as these dear ladies describe? Below is […]
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Body Love By: Susan Deborah Schiller Today, out of nowhere, I heard an inner voice say, "body love". Maybe that's Yoda-talk for "love your body and take care of it well". It's cold and snowy, and so I make excuses for not going outdoors to walk and inhale the wintery mountain-fresh air. My body aches […]
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The open road adventure of re-framing my past and rewriting my future By: Susan Deborah Schiller Do you ever wonder if you're really accomplishing what you're here on earth to do? Have you ever just wanted to loosen the shackles of Time, Schedule, and the Comfort of mindless routines? For me, slowing down to simply […]
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