Elisa Juarez
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 19, 2022
- 3 min
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, 2022
- 2 min
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, 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 12, 2022
- 2 min
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, 2022
- 2 min
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, 2022
- 2 min
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, 2022
- 3 min
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, 2022
- 3 min
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, 2022
- 2 min
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, 2022
- 3 min
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, 2022
- 3 min
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, 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 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 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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Elisa Juarez
- Oct 1, 2021
- 3 min
Bones, Breath, & Heart
October 1, 2021 Jazz music is playing as I sit at my kitchen table surrounded by books, pens, and notepad. I pulled a few of my mother’s...
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