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Later, Dad! A Reflection on the Death of my Father

Published on 25 Feb 202024 Jun 2020 by pollyeloquent22 Comments

Note from the Author: I’ve received permission from my family to share the story of my father’s passing. Some of you may have read parts of this on Facebook. I believe it’s so important that… More

The Snowshoe Fiasco

Published on 6 May 20225 May 2022 by pollyeloquent6 Comments

Note from the Author: All of the pictures in my post today, with the exception of the Pixabay snowshoe picture, are of the hike I was on courtesy of George Mach, an exceptional photographer and… More

Whipped Up

Published on 13 Jan 202213 Jan 2022 by pollyeloquent2 Comments

I’m not the center The world doesn’t stop for me Doesn’t stop spinning Even when I’m dizzy and stumbling around Desperate for a firm place to stand It rotates mindlessly on in utter disregard for… More

The Cry of Christmas

Published on 24 Dec 202124 Dec 2021 by pollyeloquent4 Comments

Christmas For those of us who celebrate the Christ Is about the incarnation When the Creator Spirit, celestial, timeless and at liberty, willingly took up our calendar to be contained in soft, pink, fragile flesh… More

A Hand Up

Published on 12 Apr 202119 Apr 2021 by pollyeloquent2 Comments

Jesus healed so many when he was on this earth, but there is one story that stands out to me after celebrating Easter. It’s the story of the raising of Jairus’s daughter found in Mark… More

I Have a Dream

Published on 1 Feb 202115 Feb 2021 by pollyeloquent4 Comments

My Prayer for 2021: Cleanse me. Heal me. Help me. Change me. I believe it was March 2019, Pre-Covid. It’s all rather fuzzy. The moments are piling up and describing them in regards to when… More

A White Christmas?

Published on 10 Dec 202015 Feb 2021 by pollyeloquent2 Comments

I’m dreaming of a dry Christmas Just like the ones I’ve rarely known Where the trees are bare And children stare And cry because there isn’t any snow I’m dreaming of a dry Christmas With… More

Hangin’ in the Comfort Zone

Published on 3 Nov 20209 Dec 2020 by pollyeloquent4 Comments

I’ve always been nervous around needles. In college, I joined a group of my fellow students to donate blood. The nurse pricked my finger and I stumbled like a drunk into the other room where… More

Help! I Need Somebody!

Published on 13 Jul 202026 Nov 2020 by pollyeloquent6 Comments

I remember driving into the mountains when my youngest daughter was three years old. Even with what she could see from her car seat, she was enthralled. “Wow,” she piped up in her wee voice,… More

Impervious: Pondering the Pandemic

Published on 1 May 202026 Nov 2020 by pollyeloquent2 Comments

Let fear dictate your path and there won’t be a path to dictate. In 2019, we visited our neighboring province at the end of October. “Why on earth would you do that?” some may ask,… More