In one week, my baby will be flying over to Turkey with her dad. She and I are starting to have a difficult time as the reality of this comes close. She will be there for 16 days, in another country thousands of miles away. We spent the afternoon gathering things she may need: medicine in case …
Living in the present
Love and Forgiveness
I feel that Life provides us with opportunities for growth, to reflect on our past, and forgive those who have intentionally/unintentionally hurt us. I find, the hardest part of all is to forgive yourself for hurting others. "Should've, could've, would've" talk in reference to the past is like …
“You are still you”
As I lay in bed this morning, I realized that I had been awakened by another bird, not normally around at this time of day: The Woodpecker. That woodpecker is such a determined bird, peck peck pecking away for everything it needs be it food or creating a nest out of a dead tree. Of course, …
BookClub Blog: Stopping: How to be still when you have to keep going
Last September my brain was a tizzy with all this things I needed to accomplish through the fall. I was constantly on the move and I was making myself (and my friends) nuts. One day, I spent the morning at the local thrift store and something fell off the shelf, hit me in the head, and landed (face …
Unplug
Let's do an experiment, shall we? turn off your phone turn off everything (easiest way-just go for the circuit breaker) sit with the silence for 5-10 minutes .......................................................................................................................... How did it …