In my life I can’t help but marvel at the grim, if not blind determination to force people places and things to BE different from how they…
“If you have one parent who loves you, even if they can’t buy you clothes, they’re so poor and they make all kinds of mistakes…
I have heard it said that “Forgiveness requires more than the intellectual commitment to do so.” Years of seeking a definition that I can work…
What these words mean to me: Wholesome-spiritually /principle driven. (In my life, my principles are static-unchanged by my mood or reaction. Mine are those of a…
Today, I did something different. When I wanted to react, when I wanted to retaliate, to enlighten, I did nothing. I let it be.…
We Who Are Your Closest Friends by Phillip Lopate we who are your closest friends feel the time has come to tell you that…
My commitment to living, loving, serving, and feeling with my whole heart is separating me from historical relations which require that I stay on script and come on…
My mother after her 6th chemo treatment. I think she looks like a beautiful courageous warrior. When I see women in scarves or head covers.…
In 2010, my now ex-husband left our home per court direction. But, only after intentionally draining us/me financially. Today, five years into my spiritual recovery,…