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@fear_2_freedom had an amazing 🕊Hour 2 Empower🕊 today at Williamsburg Community Chapel. So special! 🥰 Participants packed 100 F2F Kits for SV survivors.,💐 Event took place in 💜Woodward Hall💜 Papa & Mama must be smiling up above! 😇 Thank you WCC!! 🤗 @wcchapel757 #hope #bethechange #restorethejoy #inspiration #virginia #care #gratitude@fear_2_freedom had an amazing Hour2Empower @watersedgechurch in #yorktownva Monday night! Dedicated participants packed 290 F2F Kits for survivors of sexual violence. 💜💐A big thank you to Pastor Eddie & everyone there for #beingthechange 🕊 #restorethejoy #hope #virginia #inspiration- Follow Roses in the Rubble on WordPress.com
Tag Archives: LIFE
Roses in the Rubble Turns SIX!!
There’s a party going on here @ Roses in the Rubble! Celebrating six years of blogging grooves for Virginia (the person) who ventured out into cyberspace with her first post on 30 June 2011. Additional celebratory woots: today’s outing marks … Continue reading
Posted in Life (in general), Quotes
Tagged blogging, faith, Humor, inspiration, LIFE, love, photography, Quotes
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on coping… (quickie quote)
“Life is not the way it’s supposed to be. It is the way it is. The way you cope with it is what makes the difference.” Virginia Satir grace, peace & creative coping Virginia : ) Photo: Morogoro, Tanzania
Posted in Lent, Quotes, SNAPSHOTS & WHATNOTS
Tagged creativity, inspirational quotes, Lent, LIFE, life quotes, Tanzania, Virginia Satir
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…passing through misery…
sniffle, sniffle… hack, hack. Virginia, your humble blogger, has picked up a cold – hard to swallow, headache and all that. After dragging my tushi out of bed this morning to make breakfast for Mama & Dwight, an internal dilemma … Continue reading
Posted in Lent, Life (in general)
Tagged Augie the Hippo, faith, Freddie the Frog, Lent, LIFE, Misery loves company, overcoming the Grumps, Trusting God
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reflective rejoicing…
My brother Dwight is off today (his birthday is tomorrow) so we’re getting ready to gad about town in celebratory activities. Today’s quick thoughts revolve around the concept of rejoicing. We’re so grateful for the gift of his life – … Continue reading
Posted in Lent
Tagged Christ Jesus, Inspirational photos, joy, Lent, LIFE, Life is a Gift, Philippians 4:4
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CRASH! SMASH!! BAMMM-Boozled….
Life is a GIFT, truly it IS. Especially when everything in a moment gets turned upside down. ‘Everything’ is a broad contextualization for recent goings-on with Virginia, your more-than-slightly battered blogger. Maybe I better explain… Last Friday morning while driving … Continue reading
Posted in Life (in general), Uncategorized
Tagged accidents, cars, challenges, faith, LIFE, Trusting God
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Wednesday Photograph: life .. & FLAMINGOS!!
Once again it’s Wednesday photographs on Thursday. Methinks (given how often Weds photos find their posting places Later In The Week) ’tis a good idea to maybe present “Weekly Photos”… ?? sounds boring (the title, that is) – suggestions (anyone? … Continue reading
Posted in Lent, SNAPSHOTS & WHATNOTS
Tagged flamingos, Henri Nouwen, Inspirational photographs, inspirational quotes, Lent, LIFE, nature, Ngorongoro Crater, photography
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life, liberty & … death to the little ones??
Today many folks of many faiths are marching down the streets of Washington, D.C. to raise awareness of the issue of LIFE for unborn little ones. i realize that the issue of abortion pushes people’s emotional buttons, but here are … Continue reading
Posted in Advocacy Issues
Tagged Abortion, Advocacy, Andrea Bocelli, civil rights, current-events, faith, Human Rights, LIFE, March for Life, Tim Tebow
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Sunday tinklings: Life & Dreams (a poem by Virginia)
LIFE & DREAMS What have I done with the life I’ve had, What am I doing with the life I have…? What have you done with the life you’ve had, What are you doing with the life you have…? … Continue reading
Posted in Life (in general), Quotes, Sunday-ish Reflections
Tagged DREAMS, earthquakes, LIFE, poems, roses in the rubble, the impossible
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