This morning I made a new cover photo for my Facebook page, based on an infographic I saw someone else had posted. The infographic in question was this: It hit me smack in the face with its truth. And when things hit me like that, I tend to try and repeat the experience. Not because [...]
The Story of my Life, Altered (for a Change)
As you know, a couple of years ago, I bravely stated on this blog that I was going on a diet. I did what I said, and many months later, I reached the goal I had set for myself on that diet. Yippee, right? Well, not so fast… Now, some months after that, I have [...]
“I. Know. Who. I. Am.”
Some friends attended Oprah’s “O You” event in Atlanta this past weekend and I’ve heard wonderful snippets from their experience. Lot’s of inspiration and great speakers, an elevator ride with Nate Berkus… a positive-energy crowd, I bet it was an amazing day! One statement that Oprah made, as reported by my friends, is sticking to [...]
Risking the Truth: April 22, 2011
This afternoon, I felt the truth pour out of me as I let go of pent-up anger and sadness. For months I’ve done my best to deal bravely with my mother’s increasing dementia. Today I finally had enough. After a hectic morning, I came home to my family and said what I felt: that this [...]
Risking Emoting
I love to listen to Story Corps on NPR. I love the concept of people sharing stories that will be archived and held safely for the world to hear. We are our stories and when we share, we connect at a very deep level. The risk about story corps for me comes from the fact [...]
I’m Not Alone…Ever
Whenever I’m quiet enough to notice it – I am deeply connected to God and Goddess. Quiet moments when I’m physically alone (Sunday mornings, coffee at my neighborhood café, on a hike, on a plane), the nurturing voices of the Divine are present and downright loud. I hear them and it never occurs to me [...]
An unexpected gift…
I’ve been feeling irritated lately – not all the time, but enough. I have a short fuse….and I easily talk myself into low-grade crankiness. Nothing worth noting is causing it. It’s the holidays, my life is beyond good…I have much to be thankful for and blessings are all around me. I can access that happiness [...]
Can I Just Relax?
One week from today will be Christmas day. I remember when I thought it would NEVER be Christmas. Now they come around much too quickly! Have you begun to feel that? While we’ll miss having Laura and her partner with us, the rest of our family will be getting together for Christmas at our house. [...]
dwelling on my mental scrapbook
I think we all have a mental scrapbook of moments in our lives when what we did, who we were with and what went on in that one moment changes all the rest of our moments. And I wonder . . . was there a risk involved in each of those moments? I suspect there [...]
