The Gifts in the Darkness

The Gifts in the Darkness

So often the best gifts are the ones that arrive in the darkness. These are the gifts crafted, unseen and unnoticed by us. Something is changing, something is being done. These are the gifts that often surprise us the most.

Life After Death

Life After Death

There was a weekend this month that has changed me. It was the weekend of my beautiful sister-in-laws’ Celebration of Life. That Saturday my husband and I flew in to Phoenix with extended family. We arrived in time to change and head over to the place we all were...
Tune In Tomorrow

Tune In Tomorrow

I heard his unique chuckle in the background before he said loudly; “That’s just today, tomorrow is another story!” He was aware at that point he had very little time left. And yet, he still lived by that same attitude he’d had all his life…

Every Day Wonder Woman

Every Day Wonder Woman

I was asked recently to talk about the power of the feminine. In this era of Wonder Woman and Captain Marvel, I figured that should be easy. Finally the world is recognizing that women can do it all, right? Hold the child with one arm while saving the world with the...
The No-Nest Syndrome

The No-Nest Syndrome

I never wanted children. I never wanted children. While everyone around me was planning and having families, I was on a course of my own, wanting to be free and experience life to the fullest, not wanting to be responsible for anyone else other than myself. It...
What Would Jim Carrey Do?

What Would Jim Carrey Do?

One day in the hospital, this mischievous and funny and loud child came out of me. Because I got bored. “Not allowing fear to cover up my playful heart.”- Jim Carrey A Jim Carrey speech and his words about not allowing fear to cover up my playful heart is...
Finding My Cat Value

Finding My Cat Value

Depression likes to sneak up on me and pounce.I’ve dealt with it ever since hormones kicked in. It is often triggered by seemingly innocuous things. An email I read in the wrong light. A circumstance in life that leaves me feeling helpless. Most often, it jumps...
I Trust Your Year Will Be Fabulous

I Trust Your Year Will Be Fabulous

With the beginning of the year, I’m thinking about “trust.”    Trust is a magical word, just as the beginning of a new year is a magical time. There are elements of hope in them both. They both encourage one to believe that good things are...
Sleepy-Eyed, Mind-Numbing Gratitude

Sleepy-Eyed, Mind-Numbing Gratitude

How to stay in a place of gratitude when you are exhausted (physically, emotionally, mentally and spiritually)…….You can’t.OK, get past that idea even though that feels real right now, and consider it.Get up in the morning…. Nope. Not grateful...

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