Once Upon A Time

When my children were small, I spent a good deal of time telling them stories. Their little faces would light up with the possibility of a story session and it was always a soothing “end of the day” event. They would curl up next to me, snuggling close to my body with blankets and thumbs in place as they settled into the half hour or so where they got to imagine new places and hear about... 

Something To Do Before the End of the World

Generations of Love The end of 2010 brought a lot for all of us… Now we are just past the spring equinox and a veritable shit storm has ensued. With all the terribly difficult things that the world is experiencing it’s not easy to feel like there’s much hope, but there is. You being you… is the most natural thing to do, as well as the most productive. You may have thought... 

What Do You Chose To Do?

Last night, our son’s dog (really he’s a Saluki, which could be considered something like a human with four legs) couldn’t make up his mind where to sleep. Due to Ty being in town picking up his sweetheart, Red started out in our bed, but couldn’t get settled. Did he miss his human or was he just restless? After a number of ins and outs of our bed, he just took over my side... 

You Are My Greatest Teachers…

(written in the fall of 2008… ) My children… You all know how much I’ve been struggling of late.  Some days I’m really clear and ok then others I’m sad or lost, angry or resentful, scared and alone.  I’ve had to face my incredible “humanness” lately with all of you witnessing what I have believed to be incredible weakness.  I’ve said to you all before that it’s important... 

A Miracle For Today

This week we had an obvious miracle happen. The safe and healthy birth of a baby girl… My oldest boy and his partner had a little girl the other day! Mama and child are healthy and strong… the little family is just falling in love now, settling into living as a family together… Many people have been asking me how I feel being a grandmother, which has consistently thrown me off. I... 

Love, love, love, love, love….

My husband and I are in Salt Lake visiting some of my family for the Thanksgiving holiday. He and I secured a lovely hotel room nearby, as my sister’s home is full to overflowing with babies, kids, grandmothers and greatgrandmothers… it’s full up. Normally, we don’t watch any television nor do we have a large screen to view movies on… we just use a small computer to...