So much of life is spent trying to gain acceptance from others - our parents, friends, colleagues, children, even strangers. We all want to be seen, known, and accepted, flaws and all. Too often, acceptance feels elusive. And so we try to achieve it. We fit ourselves into molds that will gain acceptance from one […]
I have been dormant for a season. Overwork, a new puppy, attending to family needs. I have gone quiet. And in the quiet, I have been pondering this season of life in which I find myself. I turn to Richard Rohr and his book "Falling Upward: A Spirituality for the Two Halves of Life." Rohr […]
A poem for the New Year, by Maya Angelou … Continue My wish for you is that you continue Continue To be who and how you are to astonish a mean world with your acts of kindness Continue To allow humor to lighten the burden of your tender heart Continue In a society dark with […]
"You used to be much more… muchier. You've lost your muchness." So said The Mad Hatter to Alice in the great novel, Alice in Wonderland. I feel that quote all the way down to the marrow of my bones! I used to be much more ... muchier! I fell off the radar for weeks (months?), […]
To all my mamas of LGBTQ+ kids (big or little): You are fierce. You (most likely) have been through fire. You love your child with ferocity. You are my heroes. I have sat with you as you weep not for who your child is, but for fear of what the world might do or say […]
When I was young, one of my all-time favorite things was to go to the library. When we couldn't make it ALL THE WAY to the library, we went to the book mobile, a portable library on wheels that would come to our side of town on the regular. I loved the smell of libraries. […]
