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  • So many books, so much pandemic time!

    I love to read. Back in the day of work, school and kids, it was the only form of escape I had. With the pressure of real life constantly pushing at me, the moment I picked up my book, I was another person living a different kind of life. The world spectrum was always at Read more

  • What now?

    Isn’t that the eternal question, what now? What do I do, now? We have gotten very used to setting our sights into the future and we keep putting stuff on our to do list. But only; after the kids are grown and moved out, then I’ll… or, As soon as they get over this I Read more

  • Life hacks 101

    Life hacks 101. You do not need life hacks. Use your head and figure your life out. Adulting is a thing you do when you realize your life is yours. I wish it meant you were grown up and wise, it doesn’t! Maturity is an act of self will and something that must be instilled Read more

  • Waiting

    I have been waiting most all of my life for something promised held just out of sight I have been waiting most all of my life for partnerships held dear between siblings of light I have been waiting most of my life for wisdom to lead me through this dark night I have been waiting Read more

  • Forgiveness

    I’ve always had a hard time with forgiveness not that forgiveness is hard it just seemed like a get out of jail card. “That’s ok I forgive you”, over and over and nobody learns and you become a doormat of “that’s ok I forgive you”. The course of miracles assigns forgiveness as the only act Read more

  • Snowfall

    There is a gentle snow falling covering the tracks of the world and its noise sending ugliness back it falls on my face and right down my arms it seems so clean with its clever charms everyone loves snow the children to play but the snow covers tracks that should have stayed are we fooled Read more

  • Awareness in Relationship

    I am having many ah moments reading Paul Selig’s books. It has reignited in me what my last disappointment I thought put out. Part of my search lately is trying to rise above the ceiling I kept running into while looking for truth in the many spiritual systems I have studied. In Churches, yoga studios, Read more

  • What expectations

    One of the hardest things to admit is the gigantic amount of energy that is expended holding onto expectations. It’s a difficult day of adulting when you learn that your expectations for life may have been a dream and one found only in your head. Similar to the scene in “Little Miss Sunshine” when big brother Read more

  • One step away

    I sometimes wonder if humanity feels fear and pain the way they do because we are always like the poem reads, one step away.  We continue dwelling on our negative issues feeling lost and abandoned, as if the boo hoo-ing has gotten any of us anywhere. We feel one step away and we stay one Read more

  • Anchor of Hope

    I stopped writing some time ago, why bother? What difference does it make? My life was derailed years ago and I have been swimming like hell to get back to some kind of shore. And I see a lot of people out here swimming the waters of “OH MY GOD ARE YOU KIDDING ME” with Read more