This season of COVID brings up many emotions. There is fear and uncertainty, a sense of how everything is put on hold. As a result, I have revisited the subject of how to express grief in writing. We grieve because what we once knew as normal has changed. We may grieve because our lives [...]
One time happenings can change the course of our lives. One seemingly small gesture can have a massive impact. We have tales about how our lives were touched by a one time blessing. We remember these. They become part of our story. I remembered single acts of kindness that [...]
In honor of my dearly departed friend, Susan Smith Evans When I answered the phone to hear your husband telling me the news of your tragic accident, my mind fought against accepting his words. I listened to Ron and the story he relayed. No! This could not be happening. And when I [...]
In August, 2006 I wrote to my friend that I just discovered I was a twin. From Ecuador her response was , "Twin??? Literally? Do tell!" So I began to tell her. .. Yes, twin as in twin. When I was working at the hospital as director of Arts in Health Care we piloted [...]
When we express our hearts upon paper or screen, we allow for the honest release of our pain, sorrow or trauma. We allow our words to come forward and to be heard. This is a safe and sacred place to process and honor that which is inside us. When we allow ourselves this writing [...]
Welcome everyone! I'm probably not the first (nor the last) to tell you that sometimes life can be incredibly exciting. Then, in the next breath, I will tell you it can be daunting. Yep. Life is that path that we travel. Personally, I call it The Wonder Path although I do not always [...]
