When Your Heart is Breaking…
Last month, I found out that a friend who lives in another state had been battling cancer for a year, and was in hospice. Two days ago, Robin died, leaving behind a devoted husband and a millennial daughter. Grief is...
Love Grove
I am part of a love grove. No, that's not a new type of psychedelic. Nor is it a New Age thing. A love grove is a healthy community, where members are committed to a path of healing and deeply...
Playing the Long Game
It was another first for me. I watched a press conference for the introduction of a new head coach. I've gone into the deep end of sports fan geekdom. My husband says this is how I must feel when he...
The Love Seat
Recently, I thought of the movie, Witness. It came out in 1985, and was about being seen and unseen. Harrison Ford plays a cop who goes undercover in an Amish community to protect a woman and her young son, who happened...
Mom Tried To Tell Me This 25 Years Ago
Several years ago, I was in a personal development course, where I heard something that seemed so outlandish that I dismissed it. What I heard was that one of our purposes for being on Earth was to learn how to...
I Never Thought I Would…
A friend, Terry, emailed me today about collaborating on project around story-telling. Story has been in my wheelhouse for awhile, from the time that I started blogging in 2005 and writing personal essays about raising kids and being self-employed to...
Hello, My Beautiful Heart
Today is Valentine's Day, a day when we focus attention on those we love. I woke up this morning tuning into my heart and felt the love...for my heart. Hello My Beautiful Heart, Thank you for sweet sadness and...
A Magical Night in Iowa
This week, I participated in my first Iowa caucus. I was both curious and excited to be part of a process that felt uniquely Iowan—down to earth, respectful, and straightforward. I would be sitting with my neighbors and hearing about...
