Author: Linda@heartponderings.com

Because I don’t have sisters, I’ve made it a point to develop friendships with women. I am blessed with many “Spirit Sisters.” Faithful Friends Sharon and Kathryn are two of them. We met in seminary 45 years ago and, despite…

Ponderings So I’ve been pondering … what caused me to lose my equanimity with a doctor’s office while advocating for my disabled daughter? Why did having to push buttons, be put on hold, be cut off, having to call again…

My Roller Coaster Week Today is July 31 … eight days since my daughter’s gynecological appointment and we still don’t have resolution. Her gynecologist noted an issue during her 2019 appointment. Because I was in the waiting room, I only…

Conditioning When someone young is criticized a lot, they become conditioned to look for what is wrong with them. That happened to me. One of the complements I receive from readers of my memoir, A Long Awakening to Grace, is…

Almost six months ago (January 21), I wrote “It’s a Process” about the synchronicities that led to my becoming aware of generations of trauma in my family of origin … how I came to see that I’ve been chosen to…

A Dream Emerges In October 2015 I moved to my home, attracted by the woods and creek behind the house. In June 2016, my disabled daughter moved in with me. In the spring of 2017, I planted my first milkweed…

It has been awhile since I have written here. Something in me senses that our pandemic is here to teach us an important lesson if we are open to learning it. And so, I have been spending time with thought…

You may know that in January of 2019, I joined Better Angels … now known as Braver Angels (BA) … formed after the 2016 election with a mission to unify a divided nation. Their workshops use some of the skills…

In my last post, I wrote about the “gift of connection” I received from my cousin, Mike. This post will make more sense if you have read that one … and/or this one written some time ago. Mike’s Curiosity about My…

My phone rang while I was on a Zoom call. It was my cousin … seven years younger than I and living in South Carolina. I asked if I could call him back in 20 minutes. Backstory Several year ago…