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Reselfing, a gift of menopause in the second half of life

Reselfing, a gift of menopause in the second half of life

by Carole Duff | Nov 10, 2025 | Faith, Family, Writing and Reading | 0 comments

My article about reselfing appeared on the Sage Forum Substack on Friday, October 31st. The author with her mother and children in 2003 I called my mother one evening after work to ask whether she’d found an outfit for her 80th birthday celebration. As soon as...
Dear LORD, please show us and guide us on Your path

Dear LORD, please show us and guide us on Your path

by Carole Duff | Jul 21, 2025 | Faith, Nature, Uncategorized, Writing and Reading | 4 comments

“Thank you, LORD, for the missions you’ve given us and the skills to accomplish them, please show us and guide us on your path.”  Every day, Keith and I pray before we eat our main meal, prayers of adoration, confession, thanksgiving, and supplication: ACTS, to keep...
Transform: cucumbers, God’s power in the world, minds, lives

Transform: cucumbers, God’s power in the world, minds, lives

by Carole Duff | Jul 7, 2025 | Faith, Nature, Writing and Reading | 6 comments

My cucumbers were failing to transform. Lots of vine growth and blossoms, but only one cucumber so far. And, I’ve been told, if you can’t grow cucumbers, you might as well give up gardening. Well, I am not much of a gardener but do like growing things.  So, to...
Where Are You? A History Lesson on Women Writers, Women’s Books

Where Are You? A History Lesson on Women Writers, Women’s Books

by Carole Duff | Sep 2, 2024 | Faith | 4 comments

A lesson from personal history today, this essay first published in August 20th’s Women Writers, Women’s Books, link here: http://booksbywomen.org/where-are-you-by-carole-duff/ Housebound on a rainy day, my sisters and I play hide and seek. While one sister covers her...
Tolerate with humility, gentleness, patience, love, perseverance

Tolerate with humility, gentleness, patience, love, perseverance

by Carole Duff | Aug 5, 2024 | Dogs & Other Creatures, Faith, Writing and Reading | 6 comments

Though I wasn’t going to tolerate my step back from last weekend, I wasn’t entirely sure how to turn it into two steps forward. Until I read Paul’s letter to the Ephesians 4:1-3 (NASV 1995) Therefore I, the prisoner of the Lord, implore you to walk in a manner...
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