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Blue Beauties and Pink Flamingos
Goodness surrounds us, one only needs to pause and notice its presence. The day is warm and sunny here in North Texas. We are emerging...

Jamie Leat
Mar 26, 20202 min read
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Ferals and Unconditional Love
While sweeping the garage, I hear faint meows coming from the matted underbrush in the woods. I cannot see the elusive cat, but his...

Jamie Leat
Feb 7, 20203 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 5: Uncertainty
What do I do when I don’t know what to do? I wait. Sounds so easy, but waiting is probably the most challenging task I do. You see, I’m a...

Jamie Leat
Dec 5, 20192 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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Advent 1: Owls
Returning the last special serving dish to the china cabinet marks the passing of Thanksgiving. Finally, Jon and I sit down to watch TV....

Jamie Leat
Dec 1, 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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