I’ve learned I can live in discomfort while I face my past and find forgiveness for others as well as myself.

Acceptance is important in this fluidity. I could be crying from a current news item and then notice a bright red cardinal on my deck.

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

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...

Our walk into spring is different from any other Expectations are masked Time is free to roam Gentleness and patience Tame our minutes Be kind to yourself. -...

Hope is Surrender By Shirley Riga I learned something about myself last night I won’t use a shopping service ever again I care deeply for my food choices Oth...

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...

Broken open to unclaimed thoughts demanding my attention. I am spent in my tears and awake to the darkness in the dawn. Yet I am loved, sheltered, fed, warm,...

when listening with your heart, be aware of your breath

Today’s reading reminds us to make room in our lives for our emotions, honor them and know they do not define us. We are all in this together as we breathe a...

ACCEPTANCE As most of you know and others have no idea, my second daughter was born with a terminal liver disease. She lived for 32 years. She was my teache...

On the east coast of Massachusetts the storm raged for several days with howling winds and blowing rain, much matching the emotions of many of us. Our daily ...

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...

This morning's meditation reading was taken from Eckhart Tolle's book, "Practicing The Power of Now, Essential Teachings, Meditations and Exercises from the ...

This was read today at our Zoom daily meditation, excerpted from yesterday's writing. In September 2014 my 32 y/o daughter lost her fight with life-long live...