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Love Lessons; True Gratitude

Melody Schaper Posted on November 24, 2015 by Melody SchaperNovember 24, 2015

I am grateful, very grateful for much in my life.   I am blessed in many ways and yet, when I try to write about this it sounds trite and inauthentic.  I say all the things I should say, and … Continue reading →

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Love Lessons; Real love

Melody Schaper Posted on November 15, 2015 by Melody SchaperNovember 15, 2015

My partner, Neil Sicherman and I work with executives and leadership teams using the Enneagram as a map to help them move towards their potential.  When we work with the Heart Triad; Types Two, Three and Four, the teaching is … Continue reading →

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Love Lessons; Softness

Melody Schaper Posted on November 11, 2015 by Melody SchaperNovember 11, 2015

Cindy was soft.  She was soft in every way.  Her skin was like a baby’s skin.  She had the softest hands.  She also had the softest heart.  Cindy Love was real softness;  pure, peaceful and completely undisturbed from stress and … Continue reading →

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Love Lessons; ‘Sister’, by Thorne Compton

Melody Schaper Posted on October 8, 2015 by Melody SchaperOctober 8, 2015

Sister by Thorne Compton 1998 My sister was born beautiful. When she arrived her beauty was so powerful that some people could not bear to look at her At all. It was so rare that she would always be unique … Continue reading →

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Love Lessons; Honest the truth

Melody Schaper Posted on October 4, 2015 by Melody SchaperOctober 4, 2015

When something was important for Cindy and she wanted me to know she meant what she said, as if she ever said anything she didn’t mean, she would say, ‘honest the truth Mel, honest the truth.’ And she emphasized that … Continue reading →

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Love Lessons; You and Me the Same

Melody Schaper Posted on September 30, 2015 by Melody SchaperOctober 1, 2015

I have really wanted to write another blog post which is very unusual for me.  The story I’ve always told myself is I don’t like to write and don’t write well. Since starting this blog I have developed a very … Continue reading →

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Love Lessons; The Door is Open

Melody Schaper Posted on September 20, 2015 by Melody SchaperSeptember 20, 2015

The Door is Open……… That’s what Cindy said any and every time I knocked on a door she was behind. THE DOOR IS OPEN she would say loudly. In her 57 years there was not one time that she said anything … Continue reading →

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Love Lessons………..Letting go

Melody Schaper Posted on September 7, 2015 by Melody SchaperSeptember 4, 2016

I wrote this blog a year ago after I said goodbye to our love dog, Silky.  It was one year ago today.  I am honoring the love that Silky was by lighting this special candle in honor of the light … Continue reading →

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