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Beth Hall McCandless
Beth Hall McCandless was born in 1954 and raised in Detroit, MI. Motivated from a very young age to improve herself as a person, she has always been introspective and somewhat analytical, but with a perspective of the social, spiritual and artistic elements of life as well as the physical. There has always been a dichotomy in her life, in part evidenced by her profession as a contract programmer and her avocation as a singer/actress in amateur and semi-professional groups. Her job took her to Indianapolis, IN in 1995, where a year later she was diagnosed with fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome. This forced her to leave both her career and her avocation behind and deepened her inner exploration. As part of her health regimen she moved to Tucson, AZ in 2001, where she currently lives. The ensuing years have brought her the realization that writing is not just a hobby for her, that in fact it is a critical element in her life and to her personal growth. And from here she stands poised for an even greater journey.
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Insights - Beth Hall McCandless
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Published by AuthorHouse 10/06/2014
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Contents
Through A Glass Darkly
Toilet Paper Legacy
Listen
H
Jigsaw Puzzle
Paper Chase
Ode To Star Trek
Thoughts On Words
More Than I Can Say
The Child Within
Metamorphosis
Making A Difference
To A Soul Mate
Cloudscapes
Blank Adversity
Love Me
Living On The Edge
Come Home
Voice Of Experience
The Power Of Peace
Patience
Empath
My Life With Chronic Illness
Going Nowhere
A Gift From The Sun
The Case For The Arts Why We Must Teach Them To Our Children
In An Instant
Awakening
One
Hope Vs. Trust
Reflections
On Fathers And Daughters
Passions
Nothing To Say
Respite
The Thought
Coping Strategies
The Thread
Doubt
Suspension
Patience
Opening
Friends
Candlefire
Falling
Influences
Double Sunset
Songs Of Healing
For You.
Life
is not a
State of Being;
it is a
Process
of
Becoming.
This book is about the
Process.
Through A Glass Darkly
Misty, vague, uncertain, veiled,
Vision bent in shades of grey;
Truth refracted, light impaled,
As a dream from far away.
So to see the view before,
‘Twixt the raindrops and the tears;
Wipe the pane, expunge, restore,
Dry the eyes, allay the fears.
Clarity, the new-found vista,
Warms the heart and heals the mind.
New—familiar?—well come is the
Long-sought pathway, now defined.
Toilet Paper Legacy
My grandmother used to tell us, when we visited my grandparents in their cottage on Lake Ontario, that the septic system was limited, so we were only allowed to use THREE sheets of toilet paper at a time. Being fairly young and impressionable, and not wanting to cause trouble (especially that kind!), I didn’t question this but took it to heart and followed her directions scrupulously.
Some years later, as a teen, I remember this same grandmother (my father’s mother) talking about her days as a boarder before she married my grandfather. She was recounting that her landlady was rather austere, and required that only ONE sheet of toilet paper be used at a time. She said she told the landlady—somewhat stiffly—that she would buy her own toilet paper. When I heard this story, I chuckled inwardly, wondering if my grandmother remembered giving us similar, if slightly more lenient, instructions. I never brought it up to her, not wanting to embarrass her, but I still wonder, to this day, if she ever made the connection.
Recently I had occasion to create a memorial for both my parents. At one point a family friend pulled me aside to tell me a little story. She remembered that, one day, she and my mother had gone into the ladies’ room, and my mother had