I started writing this morning and everything I started to write was filled with uncertainty and confusion. I think, today is a day of rest for me. I’ve been so focused on lifting up those around me that I think I’ve used up what I had at ready to give.…
View More BURN SOME SAGE – Always a Reason to HopeMonth: November 2024
CAREGIVER SUPPORT
Yesterday, while I was out walking, I ran into a neighbor I hadn’t seen in ages. She and her husband are only at home here part of the time. After they retired, they moved here to be close to their daughter and grandchildren but maintain a vacation home in another…
View More CAREGIVER SUPPORTNAVIGATING EMOTIONS in DIFFICULT TIMES
Who among us has not felt red hot anger? In fact, anger is often the most appropriate emotion. Rage even. But, when we live in a place of constant anger or despair we do real damage to ourselves and those around us. To be human is to be subject to…
View More NAVIGATING EMOTIONS in DIFFICULT TIMESDEAR FRIENDS & KIND HEARTS
Dear Friends and kind hearts, Yesterday felt like a Good Friday to me. Steeped in the sacred and sacramental as a child, the rituals of the Episcopal Church provided comfort to me as a young adult when life seemed too big to manage alone. During my seminary years, while I…
View More DEAR FRIENDS & KIND HEARTS11/6/2024 A Message for My Children & Grandchildren
In the darkness this morning, as I struggled to absorb what’s happened, I began writing to my children. What can I tell them? How can I give them hope, I thought. What do I believe? How will I get through? The following is what I sent to them and i…
View More 11/6/2024 A Message for My Children & Grandchildren