Category: Relationships
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Allowing happiness
First realize that your world is only a reflection of yourself and then stop finding fault with the reflection. ~ Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj As I’ve gotten older, I hold my emotions and feelings closer to the vest. This may come as a surprise to people who know me to be quite active on social media with both…
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Healing a broken world starts with us
The more we attempt to make sense of the tragic events that occurred at Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown, CT last week, the more we realize how impossible a task that is. It is a raw and gaping wound, a trauma we all share as a collective community. The morning of the shootings, my husband…
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Back to school time
Today, we sent the little one off to her first day of kindergarten and the teen boy off to (gulp) high school. Although the little one clung to my hand in the hallway, as soon as we got to her classroom, she wanted us to be gone. I now understand why I broke my mother’s…
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The Mother’s Day gift I am giving myself
When I made my decision to step away from corporate life, and focus on my wellness business and my family, I did so partly because I felt the need for more balance in my life. I felt I could not be effective at being present with the things I truly enjoy devoting my time to…
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Health care professionals: watch your language
I recently saw a new OB-GYN for the first time. Overall, I liked her a lot. She was no-nonsense, but seemed personable, and she knew her stuff. During our visit, we discussed permanent birth control for me. I can’t take hormonal birth control any more, and the other available options either have the potential for…
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No parachute
“The bad news is you’re falling through the air, nothing to hang on to, no parachute. The good news is there’s no ground.” ~ Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche I can’t remember a winter like this one. It’s been good, stressful, and scary – sometimes all at the same time. My husband and I are faced with…
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We can BE love: reflections on Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. is one of the people whose example and teachings inspire me. I’ve read essays from A Call to Conscience: The Landmark Speeches of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. to my stepson and will also read them to my daughter when she is a little bit older. There’s not much…
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On the cusp
Mercury is in retrograde right now, which may be why things feel a bit more wobbly than usual. There has been a shift occurring since late summer, around the time my grandmother entered hospice (she passed away on October 13, two months after we thought she was going to exit this life.) I became aware…
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Transition
This has been a painful, heart-opening couple of weeks for me and my family. My 88 year old grandmother Millie has congestive heart failure and is making a slow, steady transition from this life. She has mostly been alert, aware, communicative at times and thankfully, not in pain. The decision was made this past Wednesday…
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