Dana Butler
A Tale of Embarrassment
From February 1, 2021 So the kids and I are driving home today and it's *that* time of day. 4:45-ish in the afternoon. All coping skills...
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Dana Butler
- Feb 21, 2021
- 1 min
At Home Within Yourself
From January 30, 2021 Hey, my sweet friends. In the vein of willingly inhabiting the space within our limits (see my post from yesterday...
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Dana Butler
- Feb 21, 2021
- 2 min
A Friday Intro: (Limits and Letting Folks Down)
From January 29, 2021 Hi loves. An excited, warm WELCOME to you lovely new faces ‘round here. I like you so much already.😊 It is...
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Dana Butler
- Feb 21, 2021
- 1 min
A Long Way Off
(a poem-prayer, to be found where the father is) A father's heart embraces his son still mid-run, still a long way off. A father's heart...
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Dana Butler
- Feb 21, 2021
- 1 min
A Story About Gift-Giving
From January 27, 2021 A few days ago, I somehow got into a conversation with my 10-year-old son (who has developmental disabilities but...
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Dana Butler
- Feb 21, 2021
- 1 min
Mindful
--Mary Oliver From January 26, 2021 Every day I see or I hear something that more or less kills me with delight, that leaves me like a...
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Dana Butler
- Feb 21, 2021
- 1 min
An Old House Story
From January 25, 2021 So, the story on this ol' house. (Well, *my* story on it, anyway.) I drive by it two or three times a week on the...
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Dana Butler
- Feb 21, 2021
- 1 min
Haven
(A poem-prayer for your weekend) From January 23, 2021 God, May my heart persevere to hold space for the hurting. May my eyes be warm...
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Dana Butler
- Feb 21, 2021
- 2 min
A Friday Intro
From January 22, 2021 Hi friends! Lots of new faces here (👋🏼) so thought I’d Friday-introduce myself today — which, if I’m honest, is...
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Dana Butler
- Feb 21, 2021
- 1 min
The Most Afraid I've Been
From January 19, 2021 This was the most genuinely afraid I have ever been while photographing an abandoned property. Obviously I’m still...
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Dana Butler
- Feb 21, 2021
- 1 min
When You Find You’re Afraid to Hope
When life has dealt one brutal blow after the next, after still the next, and circumstances might finally be looking up a bit but you’re...
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Dana Butler
- Feb 21, 2021
- 1 min
Unabashed Fire and Frolic
“Until further notice, celebrate everything.” . I have no idea who first said that, but it’s when I forget to consciously live that way...
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Dana Butler
- Feb 21, 2021
- 2 min
10 Things that Keep my Heart Hopeful
From January 16, 2021 Hi, my friends. Happy glorious winter Saturday. It can be glorious regardless of almost everything, ya know....
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Dana Butler
- Feb 21, 2021
- 1 min
Frost
From January 14, 2021 We traipse bleary-eyed out to the car, parked out front -rather than garaged- to give the workmen uninterrupted...
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Dana Butler
- Feb 21, 2021
- 1 min
Reverence
From January 14, 2021 With respect And reverence That the unknown Between us Might flower Into discovery And lead us Beyond The familiar...
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Dana Butler
- Feb 20, 2021
- 3 min
When the Critics Are Your Dearest Friends
From January 1, 2021 Stan reminded me this morning that at the end of Daring Greatly, Brene Brown yells at her notes, “If the critics’...
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Dana Butler
- Feb 20, 2021
- 2 min
ONE WORD 2021
December 30, 2020 One year ago found me feeling excruciatingly lost. The pieces of me shattered and scattered. My identity still...
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Dana Butler
- Feb 20, 2021
- 2 min
Walking Ourselves Through to Christ
From December 26, 2020 I keep having these conversations lately with one of my kids. They go like this: . Me: “No emotion is bad. Anger,...
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Dana Butler
- Feb 20, 2021
- 2 min
A Friday Intro
Hey y'all. It's me. I haven't done one of these in a while, and there are some new folks 'round here (Hiii! I'm so very grateful for your...
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Dana Butler
- Feb 20, 2021
- 1 min
Real and alive. And held.
From December 15, 2020 “Ring the bells that still can ring Forget your perfect offering There is a crack, a crack in everything That's...
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