Spending 8 days in California over thanksgiving with my husband and two of our adult sons there spouses and children .It was rejuvenating, validating ,and oh so magical. To spend time with adult children ,that you haven’t spent a lot of time with over the last 10 years since they’ve grown and flown was humbling.… Continue reading The returnCOPIED11/27/23
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patience
“To be fully alive, fully human, and completely awake is to be continually thrown out of the nest.” Pema Chodron ~ Lying in my bed last evening watching a program with my 13 year old daughter, a moment to treasure so rare , these days. Heart is full, content, cozy its all good when all of a… Continue reading patience
In that moment
In that moment, I could no longer protect him, keep him safe, and hold him close. My hands could no longer cover his ears and eyes from the injustices of the world, things to come and not yet seen. In that moment as if in a free fall, all the years of nurturing, loving, protecting… Continue reading In that moment
unspoken misunderstandings 