Dear Children and Grandchildren, (and friends), Yesterday I realized the this is Easter Sunday. Such memories! In my life holidays have morphed into unrecognizable days that have little to do with the past. I remember Easters that had great spiritual or familial meaning. I’ve written about some of them. I know people who maintain family […]
You are enough!
April 5, 2016 by 3 Comments
I am re-posting this as a form letter. Perhaps it will help you write your your child or grandchild. To what standard do you hold yourself? Who is the paragon to whom you compare yourself? You do not disappoint! You are a person of soul and virtue. You may have lived through things or done […]
We are with you here…
December 3, 2015 by 4 Comments
“This place where you are right now, God circled on a map for you.” Hafiz Dear Nephew, We are bringing you home today to be with your family in familiar surroundings. I grieve for our loss of you but I do not grieve for you. I rejoice for all that you are and all you […]
Thanksgiving
November 26, 2015 by 2 Comments
As always, my feelings seem intensified on a holiday. My heart is filled with many emotions. A chunk of it feels broken and bruised, holding place for my sister and her family as my nephew struggles for his life. A raw spot chafes from the loss of our friends’ child who died this year. And […]
There are all sorts of love.
June 24, 2015 by 2 Comments
On my way to a nephew’s wedding celebration today. Thinking of these connections I am reprinting this post from 2009. “And did you get what you wanted from this life, even so? I did. And what did you want? To call myself beloved, to feel myself beloved on the earth.” Raymond Carver I had a […]
Kid-Spotting*
March 7, 2015 by 4 Comments
Years pass and disperse people. They pick them up and fling them to far corners. That may give too much responsibility to the years and not enough to individuals, but, still… I seem to spend as much time in cars and planes as I do in front of my own fireplace. I have the desire […]
Thanksgiving Thoughts
November 27, 2014 by 2 Comments
Maybe gratitude has nothing to do with joy. Maybe being grateful means recognizing what you have for what it is. Appreciating small victories. Admiring the struggle it takes simply to be human. Meredith Grey Thanksgiving brings out my feelings of gratitude. Through the years my Thanksgiving posts express the joy I feel in my life. […]
Giving Thanks Today
February 27, 2014 by 12 Comments
Thank you, dear friends, family and the Great Spirit.* Our last week has been a roller coaster. I have thought of much to write, written some, posted nothing. The first thing I will do is let you all know that we are grateful that our daughter is alive. Nine days ago she stepped off of […]
Travel Connections
January 22, 2014 by 8 Comments
I have difficulty writing when I can’t reach the Internet. After all, is it really happening if I can’t post it? Is it real if I can’t share it? Did I really live it if I can’t communicate it? Social media makes traveling alone a pleasure (or certainly tolerable). Whatever I see or do, I […]
A Peaceful Year
January 5, 2014 by 7 Comments
Dear Family: Is there anything more gratifying than peace within our own family? Perhaps those who have no disagreements, no dissension, no differences in lifestyle or core values within their family, can’t identify. As for me? I am grateful for each morning I wake up to that easy, peaceful feeling. There is a deep sense […]
