Category: Miscellaneous

In my February 25 post, I wrote about my friend, Diana, teaching me to knit. She is the kindest teacher I’ve had. She praises me even when I make mistakes. She says I’m doing well. She says we learn by…

You are a link in a chain of causation that stretches before and after your life for a thousand generations. ~Rev. Chris Michaels Last summer I tore the pages of my journals into shreds … pages I used to remember…

In my March 20 post I wrote about our first Soul Scripting class through our local Osher Lifelong Learning Institute in glowing terms. I told you about how doing what I love brings me fully alive. This week the six-week…

Last week, my daughter and I did something we have never done before. We went to see not one, but two movies at two different theaters in one day. I needed a break. Between caregiving, assuming too many leadership roles,…

In the wee hours of Saturday morning, the 15th of March, I awoke with a sore throat. Fearing a cold coming on, I tried to ward it off with zinc and cold medicine. Despite the medication containing a sleep aid,…

They (my family of origin) regarded my serious nature as ‘weird.’ … I didn’t fit into this jolly but contentious tribe. … I wanted more than anything to be part of a happy family able to show their love for…

Recently intense feelings of sadness rose up in me … something like depression but intermittent. Upon reflection, I realized my chronic sorrow had been triggered. I first learned of chronic sorrow when a friend, after hearing that both my children…

In my July 2016 post titled A Second Chance, I reflected upon my daughter’s inability to continue working and need to move in with me following her surgery. I wrote, “The treasure I found is the ‘opportunity’ my daughter’s living with…

Turning three quarters of a century is worth a month of celebrating and that is what I’ve been doing and why you haven’t heard from me for awhile. The festivities began on July 7 when my friends, Kathryn and Sharon,…

For the past four or five years, while I’ve been focused on writing my memoir, I would have rather been writing than cooking. I’m not alone. Eighty-eight authors, including my friend and Story Circle Network sister, Judy Alter, contributed to…