Letting Go...To Grasp What Really Matters
I love being with my niece Kate. It’s not just about her being a joy to be around – it’s also about what happens to ME when I am around HER. When I am with Kate, I give myself a rare permission to be free. Free from rulesFree from expectationsFree from pressure to be productive Free to relaxFree to try…
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Exactly one year ago, I came across a greeting card that struck me in a way no card ever has. There was no text, just a colorful, hand-drawn sketch of a square house with a chimney. The house was nestled on a hilltop that could be reached by a long, winding drive. A hot-air balloon happily drifted in the blue…
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About the time my older daughter returned home from her year away at college, a Mourning Dove moved in. Well, actually it was two, a male and female, but it took me seeing them together in the nest to figure that out. The pair built their nest on top of a pillar underneath my front porch. Through my front window,…
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Six weeks from the launch of my new book, I found myself in the emergency room with severe pain in my neck and shoulder. I was diagnosed with a herniated disc and began treatment, but what I couldn’t get out of my mind was something I’d read when a friend suggested I look into the spiritual meaning of shoulder pain. …
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“Don’t forget to check on your strong friends!” We hear that statement quite often, but I have learned we need to take it a step further, or perhaps I should say, nearer. “Don’t forget to check on your strong children.” While my family experienced a crisis stemming from an event that directly impacted my younger daughter, it impacted every member of…
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I have been waiting for this momentous day for so long. Soul Shift is finally out in the world! Over the past few months, I’ve shared a lot of personal details about the writing process—the personal challenges I faced, the aspects of the book I fought for, and how it turned out differently (and better!) than I ever expected. But……
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