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Stillness (rewrite)

Melody Schaper Posted on September 19, 2018 by Melody SchaperSeptember 21, 2018

  This is my daughter sitting beside a lake in Canada when she was a teenager.  The photograph is beautiful.  She, is beautiful.  She is poised, still and present to the beauty around her and her being emanates peace and … Continue reading →

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Exquisite Vulnerability Rewrite

Melody Schaper Posted on August 23, 2018 by Melody SchaperAugust 23, 2018

I saw something on my way into Philadelphia one fall morning that was terrifying and intensely beautiful at the same time.  There wasn’t much traffic so I was going pretty fast.  Along the very side of the highway was a … Continue reading →

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Honest the Truth (rewrite)

Melody Schaper Posted on August 16, 2018 by Melody SchaperAugust 23, 2018

‘If it ain’t the truth, it’s a lie.’ I don’t remember who originally said this.  A poet and dear friend, Thomas Rain Crowe quoted this many years ago during one of our powerful and robust conversations while drinking a bottle … Continue reading →

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You and Me the Same (rewrite)

Melody Schaper Posted on August 14, 2018 by Melody SchaperAugust 14, 2018

These revisions are an attempt to distill and clarify what I have learned about how to love with grace. They are an attempt to get closer to what I believe is true and share some of the profound wisdom Cindy … Continue reading →

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The Door is Open (rewrite)

Melody Schaper Posted on August 12, 2018 by Melody SchaperAugust 12, 2018

THE DOOR IS OPEN Cindy would say loudly every time I knocked on a door she was behind. In her 57 years there was not one time that she said anything different.  Her door was always open and I was always … Continue reading →

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Rewrite; Letting Go

Melody Schaper Posted on August 10, 2018 by Melody SchaperAugust 10, 2018

I’ve had practice letting go in the last decade and have learned about what that means through saying goodbye to my parents, two sisters, three animals and most recently my mentor.  Letting go does not mean losing the love or the … Continue reading →

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#1 rewrite; Love Lessons

Melody Schaper Posted on August 9, 2018 by Melody SchaperAugust 9, 2018

What’s important?  That’s the most important question.  What’s important?  At this point in my life, when I am well into the second half of my life, what is most important for me is love.  Not so plain and not so … Continue reading →

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Y is For You

Melody Schaper Posted on July 3, 2018 by Melody SchaperJuly 3, 2018

You.  In the Enneagram of Personality I score highest on Type 2.  That means that my personality is distorted in a particular way to attempt to fill a need I have in myself.  That need is to love myself fully … Continue reading →

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X Is For Excruciatingly Exquisite Truth

Melody Schaper Posted on June 1, 2018 by Melody SchaperJune 2, 2018

The essence of truth is excruciatingly exquisite and almost overwhelming.  The handful of times when I have been close to this source it was exhilarating, extraordinary and a tiny breath away from the depths of piercing pain.  Powerful and painful … Continue reading →

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VW is not for Volkswagen

Melody Schaper Posted on May 13, 2018 by Melody SchaperMay 14, 2018

One of my favorite cars was a VW Rabbit I had for many years.  I drove it from Erie, Pennsylvania, stuffed full of my belongings and moved to Phoenix, Arizona after I got my Masters degree from Arizona State University. … Continue reading →

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