I think I understand the Slough of Despond.* I have cried more in the last month than I have in the last seven months. My feelings are close to the surface. My fear is a jagged edge. It seems ridiculous. I have a prescription for a new physical therapist. He has great expectations for the […]
Dear Mr. New President
January 20, 2017 by 4 Comments
I have good wishes and prayers for you. I hope that you can open your heart and mind to lead this country – this entire country – with grace and humility as well as with strength and wisdom. We are a country who needs change and transformation. I don’t know how, but I hope that […]
Denial, Acceptance, Hope, Faith…What????
June 2, 2015 by 2 Comments
“…denial is not a refusal to see the truth, it is the inability to see the truth.” Unknown The big questions come up when my routine life is rattled by unexpected events: illness, death, and even great blessings. How did I get to this place? What did I do to arrive? What should I be […]
…on the Birth of a Child
July 17, 2014 by Leave a Comment
So many of you are looking for a letter to your new child, I am re-posting this. Dear Child of Mine, Since before your first breath you have been cherished. You were born into love. What a miracle you are. The grip of your tiny fingers fills me with joy that now rests in my […]
You know you’re an optimist when…
April 7, 2012 by 4 Comments
I have my moments of inertia and incapacitation. I feel grief. I mourn. And then I go on. I wonder about my reactions sometimes. The difficulty is in choosing a label for my behavior. I answered the questionnaire on http://www.optimi.org/test/testopen.htm but, as usual, the questions didn’t exactly fit. I tried self-analysis. Am I just foolish […]
