“Absence”

Where there is deep grief, there is great love. Daughter created a deeply moving set of paintings borne of her lost love, Esther. A longtime fur-friend, Esther was very much a part of our family. Fourteen years. Her passing wasn’t a surprise yet we were shocked, shook to the core that she was actually gone.Continue reading ““Absence””

If I’d Only Known…

Enjoy the little things, for one day you may look back and realize they were the big things. Robert Brault Yesterday, I reached into the freezer for a few more leftover Christmas cookies, oh those marvelous delicious wonderful morsels! There were none left. Not one. Not. One. Cookie. Had I known that last week, whenContinue reading “If I’d Only Known…”

Howling Out The Pain

Trauma is not what happens to us but what we hold inside in the absence of an empathic witness. Peter Levine As a Collective Consciousness, I think that we are in the throes of understanding that talking about our pain is not sufficient for healing. We must also feel into it, at the physical bodyContinue reading “Howling Out The Pain”

On Patience – and Labor

Patience is not sitting and waiting, it is foreseeing. It is looking at the thorn and seeing the rose, looking at the night and seeing the day. Lovers are patient and know that the moon needs time to become full. Rumi Sister has asked me to create for her a long sound bowl bath onContinue reading “On Patience – and Labor”

The Bravest Thing

We think that holding on makes us strong but sometimes it is letting go. H. Hesse I did a very brave thing indeed. I signed up for a half marathon a few months ago… not brave. For me. I’ve raced many… this morning, the day of the race, I backed out. I. Backed. Out. Me:Continue reading “The Bravest Thing”