In the last couple of days a comforting image has come to mind on more than one occasion. The car accident my husband and I were in ten days ago shook us to the core. Though we weren’t seriously injured, rolling over four times did a little more than addle…
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Though I May Never Know Your Name
My psyche, or perhaps more accurately my spirit is bereft and cluttered with the shattered glass and twisted metal that now lies far behind us in a desolate junk yard… small bits embedded in my skin a constant reminder. The sun now spreads glorious warmth across my shoulders as I…
View More Though I May Never Know Your NameRemembering My City of Ruins
It’s hard to fathom that it has been nine years since that fateful September morning in 2001. My experience of those moments had a profound and lasting impact on me as it has on so many others. It has not been easy to make sense of it all and I…
View More Remembering My City of RuinsRemembering those who Sacrificed their Lives for Us
Operation Iraqi Freedom 4,384 Casualties and counting Operation Enduring Freedom 1,097 Casualties and counting The Gulf War 1,963 Casualties Vietnam War 58,261 Casualties Revolutionary War 25,700 Casualties Korean War 36,574 Casualties World War I 116,516 Casualties World War II 405,399 Casualties The complete list of names This does not include…
View More Remembering those who Sacrificed their Lives for UsGratitude is Essential to Aging Abundantly
I have been writing about compassion fatigue and will continue to do so next week. I think it is a very important topic for women to think about and discuss as we age. I want to take a break today and add this blog about gratitude, partly because this holiday…
View More Gratitude is Essential to Aging AbundantlyOur deepest fear is not that we are inadequate… Marianne Williamson Quote
“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.” ~ Marianne Williamson There is a reason why Marianne Williamson’s quote is enormously popular. Her words speak to us, although not in an intellectual way. In fact, her words bypass our…
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