The Resolute Woman

Author: resolutewoman

  • Patience rewarded!

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    We did it! After numerous phone calls and hours waiting on hold, two confirmed reservations that were canceled and hours registering at nine sites, we finally won the competition. My husband Jerry and I were vaccinated for the coronavirus this week. We weren’t vaccinated by Dallas County. Or, the City of Dallas. Or, Garland or…

  • Rich in patience

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    If Shakespeare is right, I am rich—rich in patience, at least. “How poor are they who have not patience!” Shakespeare once said. I thought that I had learned patience—after decades of marriage and two children. But, this pandemic is making me much more patient. –Joy

  • Learning patience

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    My son Jay and his wife Rachel, who got married last year, are in the process of buying a new house. They called this afternoon to tell us that they were getting impatient waiting for their realtor to call. “Do you know what will teach you patience?” I asked them. “Marriage?” my son answered. I…

  • Patience

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    It’s a long story. First, I had three phone numbers that were supposed  to help us get appointments for COVID vaccinations. I spent more than an hour holding on the phone. No appointments. A friend called with a link to a new vaccination site in Plano. I gave her our information, and she made our…

  • Look for the light

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    “For there is always light,” writes poet Amanda Gorman. “If we’re brave enough to see it If only we’re brave enough to be it.”

  • A union with purpose

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    This country isn’t pristine and it isn’t perfect, Amanda Gorman said in her poem at President Joe Biden’s inauguration. We the successors of a country and a time When a skinny Black girl Descended from slaves and raised by a single mother Can dream of becoming president Only to find herself reciting for one And…

  • Dream with ambition

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    Kamala Harris, the first woman vice president, told girls –and boys—to dream with ambition and lead with conviction. “But while I may be the first woman in this office, I will not be the last, because every little girl watching tonight sees that this is a country of possibilities,” Kamala Harris said. “And to the…

  • Open your soul

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    Our country needs more compassion–and more hope. “We can do this if we open our souls instead of hardening our hearts,” President Joe Biden said in his inaugural address. “If we show a little tolerance and humility, and if we’re willing to stand in the other person’s shoes, as my mom would say, just for…

  • Love, not hate

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    Martin Luther King’s words are worth repeating this week. “Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate. Only love can do that,” King once said.

  • Make small talk

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    In his book On Tyranny, Timothy Snyder lists “make eye contact and small talk” as one of his ”20 lessons from the 20th century.” “This is not just polite,” Snyder explains. “It is part of being a citizen and responsible member of society. It is also a way to stay in touch with your surroundings,…