Blooming in the Chill
Abeyance: “a temporary state of inactivity or suspension.” - Heather Cox Richardson's blog, 12.17.22 - When I woke before dawn this...
Passing Love Forward
"A story is a living thing; it moves and shifts." - Pat Conroy - While looking through the perfume bottles I inherited from my mother,...
Precious and Precarious
"Emotions travel together – if we reject grief, we lose joy...” - Michael Meade - For Joye First the title popped into my head. Then I...
The Gift of In-the-Moment Connections
"Out of a great need we are all holding hands and climbing. Not loving is letting go. Listen. The terrain around here is far too...
In Memoriam
". . . trust depth and darkness, then flower." - Bonnie Thurston - Darkness, anger, and deep, huge sorrow are swirling alongside...
Tikkun Olam - Repair of the World
“. . . when the Light of the World shattered, it fell into all events and all people, past, present, and future. . . . We are here to...
Floating Into Calm
let go of your hold to your former selves allow the river to carry you this new trust is the undercurrent holding up your bones float -...
The Extraordinary Ordinary
“. . . I’ve come to honor a deeply held assertion that ordinary everyday life is, in truth, extraordinary.” - from The Book of Calm - I...
A Prayer For Loss
“Ambiguous losses are a particular type of loss that lack definition and lack closure . . . hope lingers on, and it’s really hard to live...
Staying Awake
" . . . Be kind, but be fierce. You are needed now more than ever before . . ." —Winston Churchill. I am not feeling particularly calm...
