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Monthly Archives: December 2024
Making Space for the Light
I remember sometime last year, or the year before, saying I would be more present for my family and friends. Needless to say, I don’t feel I did so well on that effort. Life isn’t so black and white, and … Continue reading
Silence of Winter
At least once a week, I begin my mornings out on the edge of the woods, sitting, listening to the life of the world there. Usually, the sun has not come over the horizon yet. Usually, the activity of birds … Continue reading
Being Present In Pain
To be told that presence is the path to healing feels almost cruel when the present moment is a landscape of pain. For me, fibromyalgia turns my body into a storm—prickles on my skin, radiating aches, joints that feel bruised … Continue reading
Feline Presence
I love cats because I enjoy my home; and little by little, they become its visible soul. Jean Cocteau A feline presence abides in my home, embodied in three physical bodies. Many cats have consented to live with me, and … Continue reading
The Gift of Now
In a world of endless motion,where time slips through our hands,love waits, quiet and unspoken,in the stillness where we stand. Not in the rush of tomorrow,nor shadows of days long past,but here, where breaths are woven,and moments truly last. To … Continue reading
What Do You Do?
What do you do while stopped at a red light? How about standing in line at the grocery store–what’s your go-to mental activity? How about while waiting on the phone for a service person with outrageous music playing? Any one … Continue reading
These Grown Up Children
Sometimes I miss the days when my kids were little and sitting on mom’s lap made everything better. When tears were met with hugs and kisses and hurt dissipated just by being in the arms of mom or dad. When … Continue reading