Category: Relationships

Last Sunday, my heart hurt as I watched all the hype on TV about the Super Bowl being held in Las Vegas this year … something that has been banned for many years because of scandals related to sports betting….

To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson So begins the book I recently found mentioned in a New York Times article. Written by Laurie Helgoe,…

Parents of disabled children … or any child that doesn’t fit the norm … rarely have opportunities to brag about their progeny. I’m grateful to have such an opportunity and I’m going to take it! Anniversary On July 1, 2023,…

Rosa Park refused to move to the back of the bus. She hoped others would follow her example. And WOW, did they!! She made good trouble! The black community boycotted the buses for 381 days (12/5/55 to 12/20/56). They walked…

Tribute How blessed we are when a Woman of Wisdom touches our life. Film maker and documentarian, Julia Reichert touched mine in a significant and life-changing way. On Thursday, December 1, 2022, Julia lost her four-and-a-half year battle with a…

Love is the willingness to extend yourself for the purpose of nurturing your own and another person’s spiritual growth. M. Scott Peck This is my favorite definition of love. When I trained as an Imago Relationship Therapist, we learned to…

Responsibility … a word we rarely hear these days. Instead, we hear “freedom” and “rights” from those who would strip others of theirs. This morning (July 11), I turned on the TV to check the weather. After wading through myriad…

Today is the one-year anniversary of my dearest friend, Barbara’s, passing. Her love knows no end.

My professional journey has been more fulfilling than my personal journey. I never felt competent as a wife and mother. That’s probably why my 12-Step and Imago Relationship Therapy trainings were so rewarding. Finally, I had a chance to learn…

Trust the Process … a spiritual lesson I need to learn over and over. My long months of pandemic angst yields surprising and welcome possibilities.