We have entire segments of society devoted to getting it on paper, making sure the i’s are dotted and the t’s are crossed. People who make paper, people who shred paper, people who sell paper, people who review paper, people who write on paper and people who’s writing on paper gets published – for the […]
Read MoreThe Hard Part of Living and Loving…continued

So today I was up at 4 am to catch a plane and come home… Come back to kids, cooking and cleaning…Come back to routine, running and rumination. ×
Read MoreThe Hard Part of Living and Loving – Relationships

The relationship between parent and child…mother and son..father daughter…when it’s good ..it’s wonderful.. and when it’s bad..oh..it can be awful. ×
Read MoreThe Hard Part of Living And Loving – Tough Love

Tough love… We all have had our experiences. Maybe we had to receive it. Maybe we had to enforce it. Maybe we have had to watch it. Whatever the circumstance, we all have a story to share. Sometimes I wrestle with the question – am I tough enough? Am I too tough? Not having my husband here, my boys […]
Read MoreThe Hard Part of Living (Part 2)

Watching people we love suffer is hard. Watching people we love make bad choices is hard. Watching people live with the consequences of their bad choices can be harder still. Being the person who has to make a tough decision because of someone else’s bad choices can be even more difficult. ×
Read MoreThe Hard Work of Living

Any of you who have watched someone battling a disease know that it can be hard work, on the person who is ill and on those who are taking care of and supporting their loved one. When John died, there was a part of me that was relieved. He wasn’t suffering anymore, and selfishly, I […]
Read MoreThe Remembering Never Stops

Not a day goes by that I don’t think of John in some way. I almost always say hello as I pass the “meditation room” where his handsome portrait hangs. He usually will come to mind at some point during the day. A song, a file I open and find his handwriting, in a look or word […]
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