Posted on January 12, 2023
by Jan Peppler
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“Because I was fifteen and generally an idiot, I thought that the feeling of home I was experiencing had to do with the car and where it was parked, instead of attributing it wholly and gratefully to my sister.” The Dutch House by Ann… Continue Reading “What Feels Like Home”
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Posted on July 17, 2022
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Perhaps family has more to do with feelings than with legalities or blood.
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Category: community, Love & Belonging, On the Topic of HomeTags: #findinghome, belonging, chosenfamily, creatingfamily, family, familyofheart, friendsarefamily, home, loveandbelonging, wellbeing
Posted on October 31, 2021
by Jan Peppler
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Dia de los Muertos is a celebration of remembering. To love is to remember. To be remembered is to live. To be loved is to be home.
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Category: Death & Dying, Holidays, Love & Belonging, Meditations on LivingTags: allhollowseve, allsaintsday, altars, death, diadelosmuertos, diademuertos, family, friends, Holidays, lovedones, ofrendas
Posted on October 21, 2021
by Jan Peppler
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To be tethered is to have roots.
To be tethered is to know home.
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Category: community, featured, Love & Belonging, Meditations on Living, On the Topic of HomeTags: #findinghome, #love, community, connection, eternalsunshineofthespotlessmind, family, friendship, friendships, home, marriage, relationships, tetheredhearts, theuntetheredsoul, wellbeing
Posted on July 20, 2021
by Jan Peppler
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My own story of belonging is both different from and similar to Brené’ Brown’s. Since I didn’t fit in, I used my oddness to my advantage. That worked as a kid but hurt me as an adult.
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Category: Love & Belonging, ParentsTags: AbrahamMaslow, belonging, BreneBrown, childhood, creatingfamily, families, family, familyofheart, findinhome, home, Maslow
Posted on July 16, 2021
by Jan Peppler
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We all have a need to belong. In Maslow’s hierarchy of needs, belonging is smack in the middle of the pyramid, right there with love.
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Posted on June 6, 2021
by Jan Peppler
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Sometimes going home is wonderful. Other times, not so much. Each going home is filled with expectation and hope. If our visit is good, home burrows further into our hearts and psyches. And if it is not, home loosens its grip.
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Posted on March 23, 2020
by Jan Peppler
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“These are our great elderly who are dying. That they should go like this, it’s deeply unjust.” [1] According to statista.com, as of last night there are now almost 60,000 reported cases of Covid-19 in Italy. 74% of those infected are over the age… Continue Reading “Coronavirus in Italy, Part 2: Death, Age, and Identity”
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Category: An American In Italy During Coronavirus, Covid19 Pandemic, Italy, ParentsTags: Covid192020, Covid19deaths, Covid19earlydays, Covid19inItaly, Covid19quarantine, family, home, Italy, nonni