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I thoroughly enjoyed reading Anna's sharing. I also had a next built on my back patio this spring. I loved checking it each time I went out - from a respectful distance, of course. I was watched carefully by the robin who perched nearby. I couldn't see into the nest, but momma robin eventually kept sitting on the nest even when I came out - it felt like kinship, sort of.
I am an AA member of 5 plus years sober. I have found myself finding such beauty in nature since becoming sober - much more than I ever did before. As I was walking my little doggie, Ebony recently a thought miraculously planted itself in my brain - ALL LIFE IS SACRED. I know I must always treat it that way.

Thanks for sharing,
Kathy Hyde
Elkton MD

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We recently sold our church building; home to two congregations, at one time three. Now the building will be transitional housing for 12 families and the organization who helps them find sustainable housing as well as remaining the home of the two congregations. The definition of “home” has expanded for us, and it has been pure joy even in the chaos.

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Shekhinah-
I learned recently that in Hebrew this refers to the dwelling place of God, but can also be used to describe the nests of animals, particularly birds. As someone who finds restoration and hope in watching the birds in my garden, this concept is now a favorite new addition to my theology. I always feel like bird visitations are sacred.

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home - the people, places, and stories where I am able to grow roots, to be nourished, and grow.

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Home is my own integrity — a faith in my belonging so deeply visceral that no external circumstance can uproot me.

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home: the place i fit in my wife's arms. the place i am surrounded by my friends (and the family who support and love me fully). the place where i can lay my burdens down and rest easy. 

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home: the place i fit in my wife's arms. the place i am surrounded by my friends (and the family who support and love me fully). the place where i can lay my burdens down and rest easy. 

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home is protecting each other. feeding each other. knowing each other. home is harbor under state violence.

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home is protecting each other. feeding each other. knowing each other. home is harbor under state violence.

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home is honey butter biscuits and backyard fish fries. It's salty ocean air and unlearning the destructive.

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home is honey butter biscuits and backyard fish fries. It's salty ocean air and unlearning the destructive.