Elisa Juarez
Pitching a Tent
July 14, 2024 Photo by Mike Goad on Pixabay One year ago our family traveled to New Hampshire to bury our dad’s ashes. Gathering in the...
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Elisa Juarez
Jun 183 min read
The Power of Community
June 17, 2024 Last month I wrote about home, and how we create, experience, and care for it. This month I’ve gained a new perspective...
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Elisa Juarez
Jan 163 min read
Pause & Possibility
January 15, 2024 I have always loved January for the pause and possibilities woven into it. Following the busy holiday season, it is a...
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Elisa Juarez
Dec 24, 20233 min read
Christmas Eve
December 24, 2023 It’s Christmas Eve. All is calm, all is bright. Sigh. This day is a landing place after a busy stretch of days and...
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Elisa Juarez
Oct 1, 20233 min read
Unapologetic
September 10, 2023 September is one of my favorite months! Summer heat may linger, but hope is on the horizon. A change of seasons is...
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Elisa Juarez
Dec 5, 20223 min read
Season of Lights
December 6, 2022 First published in Soul Salsa in 2020 The month of December ushers in a season of lights, festivities, and holy-days....
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Elisa Juarez
Nov 13, 20222 min read
Gathering
November 13, 2022 “Harvest is a joyful time of gathering the produce of the land.” ― Sunday Adelaja As Thanksgiving approaches, I’m...
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Elisa Juarez
Sep 19, 20223 min read
The Next Right Thing
September 18, 2022 Just do the next right thing Take a step, step again It is all that I can do The next right thing. I won’t look too...
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Elisa Juarez
Aug 14, 20222 min read
Nightfall
August 14, 2022 It was one year ago that Art and I moved my dad from assisted living into memory care. We honestly thought he was dying....
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Elisa Juarez
Jun 26, 20222 min read
Lightness of Being
June 26, 2022 “Joy is the most infallible sign of the Presence of God.” I’ve come to believe that joy is like a hidden treasure buried...
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Elisa Juarez
Jun 12, 20222 min read
Savor
June 5, 2022 As summer rolls in after some very painful and difficult weeks, I wonder how to savor this season. Summer begs us to pause...
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Elisa Juarez
Jun 12, 20222 min read
Miracle Gro
May 23, 2022 "When gardeners garden, it is not just plants that grow, but the gardeners themselves.” – -Ken Druse Planting and...
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Elisa Juarez
May 15, 20222 min read
Anniversaries of the Heart
May 9, 2022 “The holiest of all holidays are those kept by ourselves in silence and apart. The secret anniversaries of the heart…” ...
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Elisa Juarez
Mar 27, 20223 min read
Spring Cleaning
March 27, 2022 As the air changes outside, it begins to refresh my insides on every level. Last week, an article entitled Spring Cleaning...
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Elisa Juarez
Mar 13, 20223 min read
Letting Go
March 13, 2022 If I had to name two life lessons that have been the hardest for me to learn, they would be patience and letting go....
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Elisa Juarez
Mar 3, 20222 min read
Solidarity
March 2, 2022 As I contemplated what to write this week, a message about solidarity was delivered to my work inbox. It is one of the...
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Elisa Juarez
Jan 23, 20223 min read
Special Deliveries
It was a Sunday much like this, 28 years ago today. Art and I were watching the football playoffs and I was quite pregnant with Taylor,...
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Elisa Juarez
Jan 16, 20223 min read
About Ambivalence
The training for my new position has included some valuable reading and self-assessment tools. Any time we want to truly help others, it...
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Elisa Juarez
Jan 1, 20223 min read
Breath of Heaven
December 23, 2021 My childhood home was filled with music, especially at Christmastime. I developed an appreciation for a wide variety of...
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Elisa Juarez
Dec 17, 20213 min read
New Pathways & Shining Stars
December 17, 2021 “For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven: a time to be born, and a time to die; a...
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