The fickleness of life and weather
CAROLYN’S COMPOSITIONS THE FICKLENESS OF LIFE AND WEATHER This morning dawned very differently than the morning of January 3, 1998. The Maine, weather was brutal. Fortunately, Bangor Hospital had...
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CAROLYN’S COMPOSITIONS I AM FRUSTRATED WITH WRITING!! Nancy Briskay Cornell Lipsius I’m convinced that writing is a way of working things out, achieving growth and communication in ways that...
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SOCIAL WELFARE Nancy Briskay Cornell Lipsius I don’t know why my feelings are so negative concerning social welfare. Is it the Lithuanian in my background or the traditional New England influences...
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CAROLYN’S COMPOSITIONS THE DOVE Nancy Lipsius 1983 February 12th would be the ninetieth birthday of my mother, Nancy Briskay Cornell Lipsius, who passed on on January 3, 1998 at the age of just under...
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CAROLYN’S COMPOSITIONS MY MOTHER’S SPECIAL 90TH BIRTHDAY GIFT Nancy Briskay Mom, Happy 90th birthday! Were you still here with us I would wish you a happy birthday in person. I (along...
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CAROLYN’S COMPOSITIONS CYNTHIA Nancy Lipsius Her blue-gray eyes looked directly into mine when she speaks or listens. She is calm and quiet and strong. She weeps at the death of a bird and has the...
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CAROLYN’S COMPOSITIONS THE STAINED GLASS WINDOW Nancy Lipsius July 1983 ~~~~~~~~~~~~ Lambs, Wooly and white, pure, innocent, Adoring. Press ever closer, comforted By the warmth of His garment, the...
View ArticleIn Our Mother’s Womb
CAROLYN’S COMPOSITIONS IN OUR MOTHER’S WOMB Cynthia Lipsius Contributed to by Nancy Lee & Carolyn ~~~~~~~~~~~~ Nancy Lee was first; she kept very busy vacuuming, fluffing, dusting away lint. When...
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CAROLYN’S COMPOSITIONS MOTHER’S DAY 2013 REFLECTIONS Yesterday, my daughter Sandy, who lives just around the corner from my husband Monte and I, stopped by. “You’ll have to get to bed early tonight,”...
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CAROLYN’S COMPOSITIONS ON LEARNING Nancy Briskay Cornell Lipsius Nancy (Briskay Cornell) Lipsius graduated from college in her early 70s and dreamed of attending seminary. I thought I would not have...
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