Since I heard the election results last week I’ve been realizing that it’s up to me to Make a Choice about how I want to live in the coming years. Am I going to let the chaos and fear that is now surrounding us rule my emotions and thoughts? Or Read more…
I went for a hike in the woods this morning. At first glance the landscape looked gray and uninviting. Almost all of the leaves have fallen. And the trees stand like tall silent sentinels against gray skies. Fallen branches and trees are scattered on the forest floor. Still, by slowing Read more…
Today is a day of sorrow for me. This moment in time the day after election day feels Hard as Stone, Soft as Tears, the light dimmed by a cloud of uncertainty, loss, and grief for women, people of color, trans/queer/other, immigrants, our children and the earth. Though we need Read more…
Some days I consider the questions, “What is my purpose? Have I done enough?” and then I realize that the meaning of my life is not measured by what I do. It is enough to simply be here now Living, Laughing, Loving doing the best I can to choose joy Read more…
, This time of year I am filled with so many contradictory feelings about the season. On one hand I see such astonishing beauty, even as more and more of the trees’ leaves fall to the ground,. On the other hand I dread the long months of bare branches and Read more…