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the snow has all melted leaving the earth bare  sprinkled with the last remaining fallen leaves now curled and dry on their path and ready to continue to decompose  and become part of the earth again – the snow has all melted except for one small stubborn patch a narrow strip of white laying open…

Today is the one year anniversary of the death of one of my closest friend’s mother.  I have been by her side as my friend has navigated this last year, moving though the days and the stages of life and grief that follow the loss of someone deeply loved. I know the physical death of my…

I made a list of things I want to do today, things I want to accomplish.  Things I want to get done.  A typical kind of at-home to do list.   My tendency has always been to look at a list like this and feel a surge of anxiety.  Dread.  Thinking about all the things I want to get done…

From the book Loss by Donna Ashworth I have been obsessed with this poem ever since I first read it.  I go back to it all the time, reading it over and over, and it resonates so deeply with me every time. I knew it was something that I want to express to my kids, something…

I believe that nothing is random.  Nothing is outside the sphere of creation, the infinite power of a Creator.  I believe that all things that happen, happen exactly as they are supposed to.  I read something in a book once – I can’t remember the name of the book or I would give credit to the author –…

I woke up really early today.  It was still dark outside but the sky was starting to lighten.  I got up, fed my kitty, and made tea.  I looked out the window and meditated with my morning gatha, and then I turned off all the lights and sat down to watch the morning begin.  I wanted to savor that…

Early morning sunshine is something special. There is a certain softness to it, a special kind of light that glows with the promise of a new day. It calls up feelings in me that take me back to when I was a child, experiencing each morning with a joyful anticipation of the day ahead. I…