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Hello Again!
My, it’s been a while. How are you? How have you weathered the events of the past 18 months? I hope you have been able to come back to...

Jamie Leat
Aug 13, 20212 min read
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Choosing Goodness
Standing in the gap between the saving power of Love and those cut off from its Source. Both of you want me to choose a side - to...

Jamie Leat
Aug 14, 20202 min read
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Healing Conversations
One of my favorite stories of Jesus is when he spoke with an unlikely woman. As he waited for his companions to return, this outcast...

Jamie Leat
Feb 21, 20204 min read
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When God Disappears from View
Jagged cracks mar the ground of our parched pasture. We haven’t had rain in weeks. Unfortunately, here in Texas, we are becoming...

Jamie Leat
Feb 14, 20204 min read
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Fog
During the early morning hours of December 20th, my mom, Kathy Jacobson, passed through a beautiful, mysterious fog into the loving arms...

Jamie Leat
Jan 31, 20201 min read
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Advent 4: Light is to be Shared
For the longest time, a Himalayan salt lamp sat in my mom’s bedroom. I bought the night light during one of our last outings together,...

Jamie Leat
Dec 4, 20192 min read
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Advent 3: Silence
Time with mom is spent mostly in silence since Alzheimer's stole her ability to verbally communicate last year. Because the usual methods...

Jamie Leat
Dec 3, 20192 min read
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Advent 2: Darkness
Everything I truly need is counter-intuitive in this world. I strive to live in the light, but what I yearn for can only be found in the...

Jamie Leat
Dec 2, 20192 min read
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The Land of Elsewhere
It's 1 o’clock in the morning. The house is dark and quiet. Exhausted girls wrapped in sleeping bags sleep soundly after an evening of...

Jamie Leat
Nov 19, 20193 min read
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The Grace to Age Fearlessly
Peering into her cloudy eyes, I notice anger. I gently ask, “Are you hating life today?” With as much anger as she can project onto me,...

Jamie Leat
Nov 1, 20193 min read
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The Upside-Down
Last summer, there was a lot of buzz around the release of the 4th season of the hit Netflix show, Stranger Things. So Jon (my husband of...

Jamie Leat
Oct 18, 20193 min read
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This Side of the Window
Two weeks have passed since mom’s seizure. On that Friday, time seemed to stop. But in reality, time kept going leaving us behind....

Jamie Leat
Oct 4, 20191 min read
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Walking Each Other Home
I write these words as I sit with my mom, who has battled Alzheimer’s since 2014. She suffered a seizure on Friday, and now we wait to...

Jamie Leat
Sep 24, 20192 min read
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Pasture News | The Soul of Birds
A fresh, wet blanket of dew covers the green pasture. Tiny water droplets shimmer like sequins in the early morning sunlight. Sitting in...

Jamie Leat
Sep 15, 20192 min read
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Pasture News | Persona non Grata
The manic barking alerted me to a possible danger in the pasture. Glancing out the window, I couldn’t see anything. “Look harder!”, our...

Jamie Leat
Sep 5, 20192 min read
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I See You!
Have you ever shopped for that perfect outfit with a rambunctious toddler in tow? What should be a straightforward task always turns into...

Jamie Leat
Aug 25, 20192 min read
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