If I Could Do It All Over Again
If I could do it all over again, I would be more mindful that I’ll never be able to do it all over again. I would be more aware that NOW is the time. There is no other moment in … Continued
Dreaming in Spanish: When the language of loss becomes familar
I had a dream in which I was actually living my life, and my husband, now deceased, wasn’t there in my dreams. This was new. I was beginning to live and dream in the language of this new reality in which I now … Continued
Abracadabra!
“Abracadabra!” That three year old face with the tangled blond hair smiled in powerful anticipation of the magic that might fountain out of her wooden dowel magic wand as Lucy pointed it in my direction. “You have now been turned into … Continued
Considering the Butterfly
The often used metaphor of the beautiful butterfly emerging from the uninteresting and rather plain cocoon has never ceased to inspire me, no matter how often I have considered it. Not long ago I watched a PBS special on the … Continued
Inside Out, Together Alone
My life journey, as most of our journeys, started before I knew the word journey, and all complexities of that word, that have been revealed to me over the years. It was many years ago, when I was a relatively … Continued