by Rebecca Townsend | Jan 10, 2017 | Connection, Encouragement, Faith, Mental Health, Military
Important encounters are planned by the souls long before their bodies see each other – Paulo Coelho I cannot remember the first time I met my friend, Ted. But I knew of him long before I shook his hand. He was a living legend in the community I had come to call...
by Rebecca Townsend | Nov 11, 2016 | Communication, Connection, Military
To the American Veteran: Thank you. Those two words never seem to be adequate. They do not hold enough space for the depth of gratitude I feel in my heart and deeper into my soul. I’ve learned to recognize you from a distance because I have the true honor of sitting...
by Rebecca Townsend | Feb 11, 2016 | Communication, Connection, Encouragement, Marriage, New
Grace makes beauty out of ugly things ~ Bono Year after year, I see the wounded wobbling into my office around this time. The Expectation Train derails and causes mass casualties between December 25th and February 14th. Most are still injured following a fall into...
by Rebecca Townsend | Jan 19, 2016 | Connection, Encouragement, Mental Health
VULNERABILITY WARNING: The content of the following blog has a vulnerability rating of 92 (that was a B when I was growing up). This blog may make you uncomfortable. It may cause you to think differently of me as a result of the humanness exposed. Continuing to read...
by Rebecca Townsend | Dec 31, 2014 | Encouragement
And now let us believe in a long year that is given to us, new, untouched, full of things that have never been – Rainer Maria Rilke There are always flowers for those who want to see them ~ Henri Matisse Given that I grew up in the ‘70’s and was a teenager of the...
