I’m thinking about Memorial Day this morning Loved ones present and Loved ones past, what is now and what was then

Choosy mothers choose jif Don’t let the door hit you on the way out Mind your manners Take a breath Random thoughts all mulling around I’m looking to pitch m...

I’ve been thinking about my childhood lately Which was out of control A mishmash Emotional and physical Fear, confusion and anger Swirling around my hope Ang...

A simple photograph can feel like an explosion of my senses Catapulting me back 60 plus years Causing a reflection of my life from the lens Of a bird looking...

Back in the late eighties I was involved in a small UCC church in western Massachusetts. My children were elementary school age. My daughter had survived her...

I called him an old friend, but I’m not sure “friend” can describe him. He was definitely male, stood erect, alert and had a keen eye. His expectations were ...

EMOTIONAL FITNESS Excerpted from http://www.mattkahn.org/blog “Your heart doesn’t just require exercise, but a daily dose of loving-kindness that you were bo...

There’s an adage I use in my life – “Don’t connect the dots” that helps remind me when I start panic thinking and I lace together negative events, do not con...

I chose today's meditation reading from a book that helped me heal my relationship with my father who passed away many many years ago. This reading allowed m...

As a child, I was fearful day in and day out for well over 24 years living with my biological family. I learned to exist in this feeling of fear. This fear...

All my life as long as I can remember, I have felt other people’s emotions. As a child I learned to survive in my dysfunctional home by feeling what others w...

“all my life I have never heard a mother call out to her child as he or she goes off to school, “Take a lot of risks today, darling.” She is more likely to c...