Through the Sharing of Stories
After two years of fairly consistent blogging, I stopped six years ago. As I think about it, I can’t remember why I stopped blogging. But, as I reflect on the events of the past six years, I can see that I must have had some sort of knowing, that I would need to conserve all […]
“Many of us hold on to only those memories designed to protect us from being hurt again, memories that support our defenses, memories that the evolutionary biologists claim are part of our inborn ‘negative bias.’ Could any memories be missing?” ~ Mark Wolynn, from his book It Didn’t Start With You If you really take […]
Dan and I are both Reiki Masters and many people have no idea what that is. We didn’t know either until a few years ago. As many of you might know, Dan is a child abuse survivor and “Thriver” and it took many years and a lot of open mindedness to get to this point. […]
Having the courage to sing… I loved elementary school. I mean really loved it. And man did it fuck with my mind. Seriously. Fucked with my mind. Third grade. My teacher was Mrs. Perkins and outside of my family, I thought she was the coolest person that ever walked the earth. Thankfully, she was because […]
We Are Closer than You Think “You think I’m being patronizing? No, we are like 1 and 11, you and I. We are closer than the others…. Winning and losing doesn’t matter. We jump to free our souls…. We are the only ones with a chance to make history…. If we do less than our […]
Pretty catchy title, don’t you think? Guess who I need to credit for this phrase? Not our 10-year-old boy (or the 21 year old;-), but our family doctor. When we first heard her say this, we giggled (as I am sure you did too, as would the 10 and 21 year old). The thing is, […]
It takes patience and kindness. You must be cautious of evoking envy, boasting or pride. You must guard yourself against their attempts to dishonor, make you appear self-seeking, angering you easily or keeping a record of your wrongs. You must stand strong in truth and deny evil. You must protect, trust, hope and persevere on […]
