Aw, the final day of 2015. Tomorrow begins a fresh, New Year. I can still feel the magic of Christmas in the air, as I reflect on all I carried and acquired the past year. The spirit of the season lingers, while I contemplate what I want to keep, what I want to discard, inside and […]
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Hiding Shame
So, this hiding thing came up again this week, as I was writing my morning pages…which have ebbed into monthly pages. Why don’t I schedule time to write in the mornings? I absolutely love to write. It centers me. It calms me. Yet, I do not give time to it in the morning, as intended. […]
With An Open Heart
This week was overwhelmingly busy, demanding, and exhausting, as is most likely the case for most of you. I took today to catch my breath, tie up loose ends, forge ahead with projects and to-do lists, and prepare for the weekend. You know, the usual end-of-week tasks. I did cram in a little self-care and […]
What You Reap Might Not Be What You Sowed
As the holiday weekend before fall and the harvest unfolds, I am drawn to the landscape of the gardens around my home and how what I anticipated at the beginning of summer, looks much different now. Some seeds and plants that I tenderly planted took root and flourished, while others struggled to anchor, and even […]
Stripping Wallpaper
We’ve lived in our home for ~13 years. The kitchen and dining area walls have displayed the same wallpaper since the day we moved in. Wallpaper with fruit on it, if you can imagine. Over the years, the paper had peeled in places and collected a variety of stains “creatively” left by children, pets, and […]
Paddling Upstream
Wondering, as I do, I am drawn to how fear propels us to control. As if paddling upstream, we navigate each other, ourselves, even our children, toward an illusive port we believe will harbor us from fear. Gasping for air, we drown our ability, and often the abilities of others, to love, create, and feel […]