Elisa Juarez
Joy Rising
August 18, 2024 August brings the hottest days of the year in Texas, so it’s good to be past the halfway mark. We’ve gone from daily heat...
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Elisa Juarez
- Jul 14
- 3 min
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
- May 19
- 3 min
Home
May 19, 2024 It’s been one year since we began calling this place home. When we moved in, the mimosa tree was in full bloom with its...
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Elisa Juarez
- Mar 16
- 3 min
Joy Training
March 2024 Joy is the infallible sign of the presence of God. -Pierre Teilhard de Chardin I decided it’s time to pull out my Anne Lamott...
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Elisa Juarez
- Jan 16
- 3 min
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 21, 2023
- 3 min
Believe!
December 23, 2020 ~ Reposted December 21, 2023 My childhood bedroom was on the 2nd floor overlooking the backyard. I can remember many a...
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Elisa Juarez
- Nov 19, 2023
- 2 min
The Welcome Table
November 17, 2021 Thanksgiving is a celebration of harvest, heritage, and home. The table is a central gathering place where family and...
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Elisa Juarez
- Aug 21, 2023
- 3 min
A Hearty Life
August 20, 2023 This weekend marks the one-year anniversary of my dad’s passing, and I have been reflecting on a word that came to me...
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Elisa Juarez
- Jun 10, 2023
- 2 min
Boxes, Blooms, & Being Home
June 7, 2023 It’s been a month! Since my last writing, we have moved from our one-bedroom, 3rd floor apartment to a three-bedroom home in...
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Elisa Juarez
- Dec 5, 2022
- 3 min
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, 2022
- 2 min
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 5, 2022
- 2 min
Rain & Radiance
September 4, 2022 At the end of a scorching, dry summer, finally there was a pattern change. It came just as my dad was slipping away...
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Elisa Juarez
- Jun 26, 2022
- 2 min
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 19, 2022
- 2 min
Summer Self-care
June 12, 2022 I’ll take care of me for you, and you take care of you for me. –Jim Rohn One of the greatest gifts we can give our loved...
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Elisa Juarez
- Jan 30, 2022
- 3 min
Favorite Things
Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens Bright copper kettles and warm woolen mittens Brown paper packages tied up with strings These...
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Elisa Juarez
- Jan 1, 2022
- 3 min
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 29, 2021
- 2 min
Thief of Joy
Comparison is the thief of joy. --Theodore Roosevelt It’s perfectly natural to feel a let-down after the holidays. We don’t realize how...
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Elisa Juarez
- Dec 17, 2021
- 3 min
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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Elisa Juarez
- Dec 9, 2021
- 3 min
The Gift List
December 9, 2021 Ah, the gift list! What can we give? Where do we find it? What can we make or create? How much will we spend? Time,...
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Elisa Juarez
- Dec 1, 2021
- 3 min
Cup of Joy
December 1, 2021 As much as I love holiday festivities, gatherings, and traditions, I had a sense of relief last year when the pandemic...
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