http://www.redeemingourtreasures.comRSS feeds for Redeeming Our Treasures60http://redeemingourtreasures.com/WalkWithMe/tabid/55/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/46/The-Climb.aspx#Comments1http://redeemingourtreasures.com/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=55&ModuleID=381&ArticleID=46http://redeemingourtreasures.com/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=46&PortalID=0&TabID=55http://redeemingourtreasures.com/WalkWithMe/tabid/55/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/46/The-Climb.aspx There are those that climb and others who watch from a distance.  lindaWed, 01 Jul 2009 15:39:00 GMTf1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:46http://redeemingourtreasures.com/WalkWithMe/tabid/55/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/45/Its-Never-Too-Late.aspx#Comments0http://redeemingourtreasures.com/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=55&ModuleID=381&ArticleID=45http://redeemingourtreasures.com/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=45&PortalID=0&TabID=55http://redeemingourtreasures.com/WalkWithMe/tabid/55/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/45/Its-Never-Too-Late.aspx  Past and Present were poured into a cup called life. Present provided the substance which was filtered through a screen called Past and poured out into a basin called Eternity.lindaWed, 01 Jul 2009 15:35:00 GMTf1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:45http://redeemingourtreasures.com/WalkWithMe/tabid/55/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/43/The-Aqua-Bowl.aspx#Comments0http://redeemingourtreasures.com/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=55&ModuleID=381&ArticleID=43http://redeemingourtreasures.com/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=43&PortalID=0&TabID=55http://redeemingourtreasures.com/WalkWithMe/tabid/55/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/43/The-Aqua-Bowl.aspx I remember things I didn’t want to know Thoughts and feelings lost In the undertow of sorrow’s Torrent  lindaTue, 12 May 2009 13:43:00 GMTf1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:43http://redeemingourtreasures.com/WalkWithMe/tabid/55/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/39/The-Raw-and-Painful-Process-of-Surviving.aspx#Comments0http://redeemingourtreasures.com/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=55&ModuleID=381&ArticleID=39http://redeemingourtreasures.com/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=39&PortalID=0&TabID=55http://redeemingourtreasures.com/WalkWithMe/tabid/55/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/39/The-Raw-and-Painful-Process-of-Surviving.aspxSpectators look at the triumphant survivor and applaud, Heaven sees the same survivor in the context of her history and stands in awe.       ©linda settles  lindaTue, 21 Apr 2009 13:45:00 GMTf1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:39http://redeemingourtreasures.com/WalkWithMe/tabid/55/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/37/She-Knows.aspx#Comments0http://redeemingourtreasures.com/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=55&ModuleID=381&ArticleID=37http://redeemingourtreasures.com/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=37&PortalID=0&TabID=55http://redeemingourtreasures.com/WalkWithMe/tabid/55/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/37/She-Knows.aspx  She knows, she sees but  disagrees with what her senses tell. It cannot be! Can not... Oh, well... The years wing by and childhood screams Against injustice, silently. Oh, treasure ruined, oh awful cost!lindaTue, 14 Apr 2009 12:34:00 GMTf1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:37http://redeemingourtreasures.com/WalkWithMe/tabid/55/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/36/I-Lay-Me-Down.aspx#Comments0http://redeemingourtreasures.com/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=55&ModuleID=381&ArticleID=36http://redeemingourtreasures.com/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=36&PortalID=0&TabID=55http://redeemingourtreasures.com/WalkWithMe/tabid/55/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/36/I-Lay-Me-Down.aspx "Now I lay me down to sleep" Beside the bed on dirty floor she kneels No bath could wash away the grime she feels...lindaTue, 14 Apr 2009 12:20:00 GMTf1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:36http://redeemingourtreasures.com/WalkWithMe/tabid/55/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/35/Stepping-Now.aspx#Comments0http://redeemingourtreasures.com/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=55&ModuleID=381&ArticleID=35http://redeemingourtreasures.com/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=35&PortalID=0&TabID=55http://redeemingourtreasures.com/WalkWithMe/tabid/55/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/35/Stepping-Now.aspx  I'm Stepping Now....  lindaMon, 13 Apr 2009 13:20:00 GMTf1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:35http://redeemingourtreasures.com/WalkWithMe/tabid/55/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/34/Its-About-Time.aspx#Comments0http://redeemingourtreasures.com/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=55&ModuleID=381&ArticleID=34http://redeemingourtreasures.com/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=34&PortalID=0&TabID=55http://redeemingourtreasures.com/WalkWithMe/tabid/55/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/34/Its-About-Time.aspxA poem about moving beyond abuse... lindaMon, 13 Apr 2009 13:15:00 GMTf1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:34http://redeemingourtreasures.com/WalkWithMe/tabid/55/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/33/When-I-Get-Too-Busy.aspx#Comments1http://redeemingourtreasures.com/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=55&ModuleID=381&ArticleID=33http://redeemingourtreasures.com/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=33&PortalID=0&TabID=55http://redeemingourtreasures.com/WalkWithMe/tabid/55/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/33/When-I-Get-Too-Busy.aspx A poetic word about the importance of maintaining a quiet time...  lindaMon, 13 Apr 2009 13:08:00 GMTf1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:33http://redeemingourtreasures.com/WalkWithMe/tabid/55/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/31/A-Soul-Set-Free.aspx#Comments0http://redeemingourtreasures.com/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=55&ModuleID=381&ArticleID=31http://redeemingourtreasures.com/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=31&PortalID=0&TabID=55http://redeemingourtreasures.com/WalkWithMe/tabid/55/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/31/A-Soul-Set-Free.aspx  A Soul Set Free Unbounded Joy Unfettered GracelindaWed, 08 Apr 2009 17:25:00 GMTf1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:31http://redeemingourtreasures.com/WalkWithMe/tabid/55/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/30/A-Survivors-Ode-to-Jesus-Christ.aspx#Comments0http://redeemingourtreasures.com/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=55&ModuleID=381&ArticleID=30http://redeemingourtreasures.com/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=30&PortalID=0&TabID=55http://redeemingourtreasures.com/WalkWithMe/tabid/55/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/30/A-Survivors-Ode-to-Jesus-Christ.aspx  When I think of all we've been through--valleys dark and shadows deep The trembling child who thought she walked alone on barren steeps The howling tempest of a storm that snatched her breath away The crouching tigers in the night-the slinking beasts of prey, That came at her with salivating grins and razored claws Wolves in clothing of a sheep, all bloody fangs and paws.lindaWed, 08 Apr 2009 17:15:00 GMTf1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:30http://redeemingourtreasures.com/WalkWithMe/tabid/55/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/26/Song-of-the-Broken-Vessel.aspx#Comments0http://redeemingourtreasures.com/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=55&ModuleID=381&ArticleID=26http://redeemingourtreasures.com/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=26&PortalID=0&TabID=55http://redeemingourtreasures.com/WalkWithMe/tabid/55/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/26/Song-of-the-Broken-Vessel.aspxLove poured out through broken vessels... lindaMon, 06 Apr 2009 14:51:00 GMTf1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:26http://redeemingourtreasures.com/WalkWithMe/tabid/55/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/25/Time-to-Rest-Awhile.aspx#Comments0http://redeemingourtreasures.com/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=55&ModuleID=381&ArticleID=25http://redeemingourtreasures.com/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=25&PortalID=0&TabID=55http://redeemingourtreasures.com/WalkWithMe/tabid/55/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/25/Time-to-Rest-Awhile.aspxSometimes it's time to look beyond the suffering of the past To lay aside, for just awhile, the questions and the tasks of processing the pain, the loss the struggle to believe that there is purpose in the pain  and joy in sorrow's sleeve.lindaFri, 03 Apr 2009 15:00:00 GMTf1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:25http://redeemingourtreasures.com/WalkWithMe/tabid/55/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/24/When-Truth-Is-Mine.aspx#Comments0http://redeemingourtreasures.com/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=55&ModuleID=381&ArticleID=24http://redeemingourtreasures.com/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=24&PortalID=0&TabID=55http://redeemingourtreasures.com/WalkWithMe/tabid/55/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/24/When-Truth-Is-Mine.aspx    Sometimes your heart is aching, breaking, torn in two by sorrows keen. You know you knew but didn't know you knew 'til now. You thought you merely dreamed.lindaFri, 27 Mar 2009 13:20:00 GMTf1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:24http://redeemingourtreasures.com/WalkWithMe/tabid/55/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/23/Gifts-Freely-Bestowed.aspx#Comments0http://redeemingourtreasures.com/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=55&ModuleID=381&ArticleID=23http://redeemingourtreasures.com/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=23&PortalID=0&TabID=55http://redeemingourtreasures.com/WalkWithMe/tabid/55/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/23/Gifts-Freely-Bestowed.aspx  Gifts Freely Bestowed  When one we love is suffering And in their eyes we see An ocean of pain, A mountain of hurt And myriad miseries, When their heart is torn And the mangled threads Of nature’s covering bareslindaFri, 27 Mar 2009 13:12:00 GMTf1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:23http://redeemingourtreasures.com/WalkWithMe/tabid/55/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/21/Broken-Angel.aspx#Comments0http://redeemingourtreasures.com/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=55&ModuleID=381&ArticleID=21http://redeemingourtreasures.com/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=21&PortalID=0&TabID=55http://redeemingourtreasures.com/WalkWithMe/tabid/55/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/21/Broken-Angel.aspx  It was shattered and broken, the packing scuffed and torn The box beneath the Christmas tree was smudged by grime and worn.lindaMon, 16 Mar 2009 14:24:00 GMTf1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:21http://redeemingourtreasures.com/WalkWithMe/tabid/55/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/19/The-Caregiver.aspx#Comments0http://redeemingourtreasures.com/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=55&ModuleID=381&ArticleID=19http://redeemingourtreasures.com/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=19&PortalID=0&TabID=55http://redeemingourtreasures.com/WalkWithMe/tabid/55/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/19/The-Caregiver.aspxThe role of care-giver in addicted or otherwise dysfunctional families is that of an "adultified" child who assumes responsibility for her siblings--even when it robs her of her own life.     It had not been easy for her—caught as she was against the grail , There was nothing to be done to make it better, she was sure of  that, And so she woke each day and dressed to fit the part that she      must play In the drama of lives not her own, not hers to manage, but her load to bear Until the grave claimed body as it had her mind and soul.      lindaWed, 11 Mar 2009 15:19:00 GMTf1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:19http://redeemingourtreasures.com/WalkWithMe/tabid/55/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/1/Every-Survivor-Knows.aspx#Comments0http://redeemingourtreasures.com/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=55&ModuleID=381&ArticleID=1http://redeemingourtreasures.com/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=1&PortalID=0&TabID=55http://redeemingourtreasures.com/WalkWithMe/tabid/55/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/1/Every-Survivor-Knows.aspxWe need to rest awhile Every survivor of trauma knows that hiding the pain deep down in the pockets of our subconscious mind will not remove the sting of it. Every survivor knows-- and so we process, and we study, we read, and we try to work it out, like a thorn stuck in our foot. We pick up the tweezers of truth and pry away at it-- while trying to hold back our tears and frustration. I know. I have worked as hard as any one I know, and I have grown wiser in the process. I have learned that the chronic presence of pain becomes consuming, and sometimes it is necessary to take a break from all my efforts to "heal myself" and hope in the confidence that while I rest, my Heavenly Father does not sleep.lindaMon, 19 Jan 2009 16:51:00 GMTf1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:1http://redeemingourtreasures.com/WalkWithMe/tabid/55/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/3/Keeper-of-the-Aviary-Come.aspx#Comments1http://redeemingourtreasures.com/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=55&ModuleID=381&ArticleID=3http://redeemingourtreasures.com/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=3&PortalID=0&TabID=55http://redeemingourtreasures.com/WalkWithMe/tabid/55/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/3/Keeper-of-the-Aviary-Come.aspx  There is nothing more beautiful than an aviary where plants and flowers, butterflies and birds dart through sun crested skies contained by walled windows of glass.      Keeper of the aviary come--and take me with you when you go...        lindaWed, 07 Jan 2009 20:28:00 GMTf1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:3http://redeemingourtreasures.com/WalkWithMe/tabid/55/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/2/Seeing-beyond-our-scars-and-flaws.aspx#Comments0http://redeemingourtreasures.com/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=55&ModuleID=381&ArticleID=2http://redeemingourtreasures.com/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=2&PortalID=0&TabID=55http://redeemingourtreasures.com/WalkWithMe/tabid/55/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/2/Seeing-beyond-our-scars-and-flaws.aspxEyes of Love I look into the mirror and You know what I see. The scars of a thousand battles, glaring back at me.lindaWed, 07 Jan 2009 20:03:00 GMTf1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:2