Gathered together at Maple Ridge Assisted Livingwe were stirred to cheer so that everyone knew“We’ve got the Spirit! How about you!” 🎉🔥🙏
Author: calledtobealive
Still Explore
Growing older we best be explorersWhen memory fadestake heart and move into another intensity Like Carol gifting her mom for her 96th birthdaya new phone with pictures of her loved […]
Open to Give and Receive
I pray my aging heart be like a weathered mailbox,open to give up and receive what makes me newall the days of my life
Take a Breath
I took a breathtook air in enoughto respect and listen to others Giving them spaceto express their beliefsand those shared values we hold as sacred
Door to Fullness
How do I welcome youGuest of my heart?Do I pay attention to youOffer you a cup of teaEnter into communication?Or do I leave you sitting aloneWhile I go busily onwardFeeling […]
Heart-shaped Longing
Like the Ancient Greeks we live in a time ofvibrant ideas and mind-spinning advancementbut in morning devotions comes this age-old question:What satisfies the persistent longing in our hearts?
Simple Gifts to Assist
How easy it proved to be to strum my little instrument in song for folks in need of some “pick-me-up” And when politics & aging threaten to infuriateand it feels […]
Fruit in Later Life
With the spark of Easter in meI am wild and brave enough to believeI can bear good fruit in my older years
Happy Easter!
Behold with awe every sign ofLife’s renewing presence-a kind word,a morning breeze,a generous impulsea wave of gratitude All are glimpsesof Easter’s restoring powerlifting us to newness of life! —from Daily […]
Later Life Alive!
Singing through the final seasons of my lifeSowing seeds of love, joy, and peaceSurrendering my need to see the harvest