Tag: family
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Psalm 23 Summer Faith Challenge: the comfort of God
For you are with me; your rod and your staff— they comfort me. This week at church, we are asked to provide a picture of or describe something that God uses to offer comfort, either now or in the past. I struggled a bit with this exercise because my inclination was to offer up something…
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21 Day Practice: Day 4 – Healing hands and letters of love
Once a month, my Reiki students and I offer a free Reiki healing clinic for the public. The clinic broadens community awareness of the benefits of Reiki healing; allows us to offer loving service to others who may need healing, a smile and a kind word or two; provides my students the opportunity to deepen…
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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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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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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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Sum-sum-summertime!
“There was so much space/I cut me a piece/With some fine wine/It brought peace to my mind/In the summertime…/And it rolled” – Jane’s Addiction I know everyone has been complaining about the blistering heat lately. You have La Niña to thank for the scorching temps in June, as well as the recent spate of tornadoes and…
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North Alabama tornadoes: a personal story
The following is a personal account from my friend Megan, who lives in Ardmore, AL on the AL/TN state line. The surrounding areas were among the hardest hit during the April 27, 2011 tornadoes that ravaged much of central and northern Alabama. Only several weeks before, I was there to photograph her wedding. We spent…
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When enough is enough
I recently had to make a very difficult and painful decision to sever my relationship with a family member. I won’t get into specifics here, because it is ultimately a family issue. Just know that this was not a decision made out of anger or spite, and it was made after setting a firm boundary…
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