02.01.2010
  
Michael Fox CPCC,
founder of magine!,
is a professional
coach and trainer,
author and creative artist, whose work has been featured throughout
the world.

Michael is a
Certified Practitioner
of the
Myers-Briggs
Type Indicator.

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Silver spoons...   
 

In the glass hutch in our living room, nestled amidst autographed baseballs and first editions, are six monogrammed silver spoons resting atop a letter addressed to my paternal grandmother:

 

Dear Bonnie:

This is something else. In 1871 my grandfather went to Denver, Colo to live. My mother was 16. He (grandfather) was interested in the silver mines. Soon after they arrived he had three dozen teaspoons of Colo silver made. They went to various members of the family. My mother got 12. She gave me 6 and I still have five. Bonnie, they have existed through so much history. My sister and I ate our bread and milk in the dark while father sat in the doorway with his firearms during an Indian uprising in Wyoming. They were on the table at a fare well lunch given for the boys in 1898. You know how many wars and events have passed since then. I am telling you all this because you know when a household is broken up how things are scattered. Will you take and keep them? I have no family to leave them to and I know you will take care of them. They are marked with an S -. I will get them ready and maybe when you come over this way you or your husband will stop for them.

Again, love, Irene      

[postmarked June 8th, 1972, South Gate, CA]

 

I received the spoons and the accompanying letter a quarter century later, following my grandmother's death. I feel a sense of stewardship for these spoons, once a cherished possession of a family bereft of heirs. Their place in our home reminds me of the importance of sharing our stories and wisdom and artifacts. Of entrusting them to family and friends who will preserve and entrust them to future generations.  

 

 

What stories and wisdom and artifacts from your life need to be shared, lest they succumb to the passage of time?

 

How might you preserve them? Through your children and nieces and nephews? By voice recorder or in a journal or through the firstborn? Perhaps in a blog to treasured family, friends, and clients--a blog with an unusual name such as--oh, say--m*agine!?

Michael Fox
m�agine!

530/613.2774
407 Myrtle Drive
Farmerville, LA, USA 71241  
In addition to personal and professional coaching,
m�agine! specializes in spiritual transformation coaching,
employing its proprietary models
--Values, Vision, Voice
and Heart, Soul, Mind & Strength--

as well as
Myers-Briggs Type Indicator� curriculum
published by CPP, the People Development People.

Michael's books include
 
Complete in Christ,
Complete in Christ Spiritual Transformation Workbook,
and Biblio�files.

Coaching fees are based upon a sliding scale. Contact us for details.
For additional information, visit our website at maginethepossibilities.net.

Limited scholarships are available for spiritual transformation coaching.
On the flip side, if you are able, please inquire about opportunities
to fund scholarships for those who cannot afford coaching fees.

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