The Choice of Compassionate Power
"It struck her as miraculous that there was unlimited power in choosing what one thinks..." -Sue Boggio and Mare Pearl- I am chewing like...
After Inconceivable Loss
"How do we love what remains?" - Sara Nesson, in conversation - A sunset weeps, and the world is jolted once again into acknowledging the...
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...
Barking at Fearsome Things
"It's what we don't say that weighs the most." - For Elizabeth - On the night before heading home after a long road trip in July, our dog...
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...
Language as Self-Care
“A walk to remember where you are . . . outside the inside of your mind.” - Gina Hyams - I’ve not been taking long walks as much as I’d...
Connected to Wonder
“When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it hitched to everything else in the universe.” - John Muir - It was Thanksgiving...
The Embrace of Wholeness
“Envision coming upon two conflicting parts of yourself while walking down the street. Extend your arms in welcome, encircling them both....
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...