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I felt completely welcome which surprised me because I was plopped in the middle of a house that was not my own and I needed help to do everything. Some experiences are so profound that words seem inadequate to describe them. I’ll try anyway. Arriving […]

-The starkness of the gaping hospital door I saw as I lay in the ambulance waiting for Brendan to come out and the relief finally seeing his silhouette coming towards me. I lay in that bed for ten days.  Just before the ambulance came to […]

My longing to write, to speak and to walk urgently got my attention. The only thing I knew for sure was that I needed to learn new ways to be. While laying in a hospital bed, I was graced with a large window next to […]

Change is not our enemy- nor does all suffering have to be. Both are the most powerful tools we have to grow into our own lives and fulfill our destinies. My Dad died. He was old and had lived a wonderful life, he didn’t suffer […]

Meeting my Dad’s new presence has broadened my own field- the ground where I stand. My Dad’s absence, since he died, has left room for another kind of presence. When I lived in his home for a month with my Mom his presence was happy, […]

Joseph Campbell advises us to, “LIVE JOYFULLY IN THE SORROWS OF THE WORLD.” 40 years ago in August 1982, I was pregnant with Andy’s and my first child. We came to Taos for the first time to explore the idea of birthing our baby in […]

Climate change is nothing to worry about unless you understand who we really are, what lies beneath each and every one of us. The trees are not the only ones with roots all entangled together. We live and die as one. Every morning I wake […]

Instead of banding together and working to defeat a health threat that effects everyone, we have allowed ourselves to be divided into factions that are not kind to each other but vilify, name call, humiliate, and take power in being separate. We have been living […]

Our capacity for sacrifice to become an option we choose, depends on our ability to go beyond that first part of the definition. No one will willingly give up something of value without believing that their choice will allow something of more value be obtained. […]

The new paradigm asks each of us the question, “Are our elders worth interrupting our own lives?” My friend’s father, Norm, had been institutionalized for a long time. In fact, he and his wife put themselves into the Lancaster, PA retirement home so they wouldn’t […]