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The Love and the Logic – Part 2
I will call him Luke. He was the only one to show up the first day of my new journalism club in January. I noticed him around campus before. He was kind of small for his age, but I knew … Continue reading
The Love and the Logic – Part 1
I talk a lot about my job and my children’s school and lucky for me, it’s one and the same. Once upon a time before children, my corporate job lacked the “means something to me component” and so when the … Continue reading
The Deep End of the Ocean
Give me a life problem and I will find a metaphor or way to visualize it. I would like to reiterate at this time, that my friends are amazingly patient:) Perhaps it’s the approach of summer, but lately my life … Continue reading
Thank you, I accept
I visualize things when I want to really drive home a point to myself or others. When I think about what it looks like to surrender and accept a situation, I imagine my hands as they are open and lifted. … Continue reading
You can quote me on that
We do not believe in ourselves until someone reveals that deep inside us is valuable, worth listening to, worthy of our trust, sacred to our touch. Once we believe in ourselves we can risk curiosity, wonder, spontaneous delight or any … Continue reading
40-ish
So here I am, tomorrow I am finally at the age that I have been describing my life to be for some time now…. the middle place. Rather than drudge up the meanings of all this at the moment, let’s explore … Continue reading
The Funeral
I have lost those I have loved dearly to death. I have dreamed of being in their presence again. I have remembered times spent with them so vividly that all of my senses can recall the moment. And yet today, … Continue reading
When A Poem Moves You
Everyone knows I love a good quote. Sometimes though, a poem will stand out as something that provokes me to be still for a moment and take in the intention. Lately? Of course, Lesser’s recommendation to those that are interested … Continue reading
The Art of Letting Go
I have reached the section of Elizabeth Lesser’s book about death, so hang in with me because there is much to write about. I agree that the great human fear is death. Sometimes more than a physical death, many of … Continue reading
Passage of Time
Are we really ever ready for the Phoenix process when it comes to our children? We say the words to each other almost daily, “wow, I can’t believe how quickly they have grown…my, look how big you are getting……they grow … Continue reading
Not Waiting For Perfect 