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life is a pretty word

exploring grace and gratitude following loss

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The mission of life is a pretty word is to inspire you to mindfully honor your heart and soul.

life is a pretty word

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March 26, 2018

To the remembering

March 26, 2018/ Monica Sword
To the remembering

This month is it. March. The angel-versary, death-versary or fill-in-the-blank-versary. There is no celebrating.  Only and ever, the remembering and forgetting again. 

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March 26, 2018/ Monica Sword/ 7 Comments
Grace
angel, memories, balance, dreams, popular
October 10, 2016

Rituals Make Us Human

October 10, 2016/ Monica Sword
Rituals Make Us Human

There is power in the group.
There is power in the solo.
There is power in the yes. 

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October 10, 2016/ Monica Sword/ 6 Comments
Grace
grace, fear, self-care, balance, gratitude, love, connection, popular
July 05, 2016

The Blueberry Catastrophe

July 05, 2016/ Monica Sword
The Blueberry Catastrophe

Whether the forgetting is circumstantial, a lack of mindfulness, or time induced, I don’t like it one bit. Forgetting sucks. 

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July 05, 2016/ Monica Sword/ 6 Comments
Grace, Gratitude
memories, grace, fear, balance, life, popular
May 23, 2016

A Virtual Manifest-Storm

May 23, 2016/ Monica Sword
A Virtual Manifest-Storm

What happens when we connect with others near or far, living or dead? Can the connection with others be the hack we've longed for to manifest our dreams?

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May 23, 2016/ Monica Sword/ 2 Comments
Grace
grace, mindfulness, balance, connection, dreams
February 08, 2016

Work Your Way Backwards

February 08, 2016/ Monica Sword
Work Your Way Backwards

Work your way backwards to worry less. Can revisiting our original dreams show us the way forward?

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Lena Speaks
Lena speaks, time, balance
January 20, 2016

Being a dork won't kill you

January 20, 2016/ Monica Sword
Being a dork won't kill you

Being a dork won't kill your humanness but being an asshole will.

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Grace, Gratitude
grace, gratitude, health, love, balance, self-care, mindfulness, inspiration, life, popular
January 11, 2016

Magical is the Word

January 11, 2016/ Monica Sword
Magical is the Word

Words have power. How can a single word become a guiding force for living with intention? My word for 2016 is "magical". What's yours? 

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January 11, 2016/ Monica Sword/ 2 Comments
Grace
grace, balance, honor, fear, time, joy, mindfulness, inspiration
January 08, 2016

The Gift of the Solstice

January 08, 2016/ Monica Sword
The Gift of the Solstice

The sun's cycles remind us that what we've lost returns. 

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Gratitude
gratitude, balance, comfort, connection, gifts, honor, inspiration, life, nature
December 28, 2015

Sweet 2016

December 28, 2015/ Monica Sword
Sweet 2016

"When was the last time you did something for the first time?" --Sally Edwards
Ready, set, go and write your Sweet 2016 goals with intention. May you experience your most mindful and best year ever.

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December 28, 2015/ Monica Sword/ 2 Comments
Gratitude
gratitude, balance, inspiration, life, mindfulness, self-care
November 30, 2015

The Dad We Know As Mighty Moe

November 30, 2015/ Monica Sword
The Dad We Know As Mighty Moe

Sheldon Cooper describes his spot as a "single point of consistency in an ever-changing world", so when I "saw" my dad seated at the next table, the memories came calling.

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November 30, 2015/ Monica Sword/ 10 Comments
Gratitude
gratitude, memories, love, comfort, balance, connection, joy, inspiration, Christmas
October 21, 2015

Breakup with Resistance

October 21, 2015/ Monica Sword
Breakup with Resistance

Resistance to the experiences life has thrown at me, the bricks of change I refused to accept are becoming the foundation of a way forward.

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October 21, 2015/ Monica Sword/ 6 Comments
Gratitude
gratitude, fear, imaginary, inspiration, life, balance
June 13, 2015

Let it burn

June 13, 2015/ Monica Sword
Let it burn

Let It Burn is an imaginary view from my daughter’s perspective moments after her passing. Louise Gluck’s poem "The Wild Iris" prompted this imaginative piece.

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June 13, 2015/ Monica Sword/ 9 Comments
Grace
grace, imaginary, bittersweet, balance, fear
June 06, 2015

Permission to let go

June 06, 2015/ Monica Sword
Permission to let go

This piece is a reaction to my struggle to understand medical decisions, protocols and permissions or lack thereof. It is written from my daughter's viewpoint as she lay dying.

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Grief
grief, balance, imaginary, anger, permission
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life is a pretty word

Our mission is to encourage and inspire you to mindfully honor your heart, soul, and emotions following a loss. This site is a tribute to a beautiful, loving, and talented young woman who once scribbled on a scrap of paper life is a pretty word. 


 

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