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...
The Flow of Acceptance
“Each thing with its own way of moving, of coming together, of coming apart.” – Emily Sekine – Since the spring of 2018 when we left...
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,...
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...
Living in Liminal Space
“The word liminal comes from the Latin word ‘limen’, meaning threshold – any point or place of entering or beginning. A liminal space is...
August
“Peace. It does not mean to be in a place where there is no noise, trouble or hard work. It means to be in the midst of those things and...
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...
Falling Through to Calm
“the more I wear this story of myself, the more it grows thin, ravels, a sweater filled with holes— I fall through them.” - Rosemerry...
Crumbling Into Wholeness
“Very little grows on jagged rock. Be ground. Be crumbled, so wildflowers will come up where you are. You’ve been stony for too many...
Sitting with Compassion
“Who we are in the present includes who we were in the past.” - Fred Rogers, a.k.a. Mr. Rogers - I have heard from several friends this...
