“It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are.” ~E.E. Cummings
When I was a little girl, I had the smallest bedroom in the house.
It was tiny. Honestly, probably the size of a small walk-in closet.
“Peace is not the absence of resistance. It is learning to stop judging yourself for being human.” ~Unknown
At the time of writing this, I am on vacation.
My wife and I are parked beside a quiet lake in our
“The world is indeed full of peril, and in it there are many dark places; but still there is much that is fair, and though in all lands love is now mingled with grief, it grows perhaps the greater.” ~J.R.R.
“Rule your mind or it will rule you.” ~Buddha
Some mornings I wake before dawn and lie still, listening for signs that the house is awake.
A cough down the hallway.
The sound of a drawer opening.
Water running softly
“The curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am, then I can change.” ~Carl Rogers
I remember sitting on the living room floor one evening while my boys were playing nearby. One of them was
We are truly free when we let go of the thought that the past could or should have been any different than it was. This is so hard.
The challenge is born from our desperate need to validate our feelings
“There are wounds that never show on the body that are deeper and more hurtful than anything that bleeds.” ~Laurell K. Hamilton
My older sister had four years over me. As a kid, I worshipped the ground she walked on.
“Music gives color to the air of the moment.” ~Karl Lagerfeld
I used to think I was a good listener. I could hold eye contact, nod at the right moments, ask thoughtful follow-up questions. But one afternoon, sitting cross-legged on
“The wound is the place where the light enters you.” ~Rumi
I grew up in a council house in the 1970s, in a world where children were seen and not heard.
We were kicked out in the morning and told
“Only when we realize that our time is limited do we begin to appreciate the value of every single day.” ~Elisabeth Kübler-Ross
I didn’t expect the trip to begin the way it did.
In December 2003, I decided to
