Resurrecting in Each Now
"Happy Resurrection from Fear to Love, from grief to joy, from ego to Field, from separation to Unity. You are Loved and kept in the Light." Five years ago, I was one year into a five-year journey of healing from divorce. I've found it takes me, at least, about that...
Chicago Torture: Special Needs Parents’ Nightmare
I was deeply emotionally and physically saddened this week by the news of the 18-year-old Chicago male with disAbilities who was kidnapped by four youth, two or more who were allegedly classmates, one even considered a friend. The youth took him from a McDonalds,...
Life Lessons from Winter
The park's dull, gray, curving paths glistened a deep black, speckled with flecks of silver and blue—liquid mirrors of daylight and winter sky. A manmade canvas doused with a New Year's first rain. A 30-minute walk in balmy air. A renewed love affair. One I have each...
Nature’s Gift of the Present
As our meeting ended, he, a man with whom I have done business with for many years, rose from my kitchen table and gave me a lasting gift. We had discussed financial futures, the stock market, the economy, the recent election. Not only was what he shared a gift to...
Intellectual DisAbility: No Joking Matter
I can count on more than one hand how many times in the last couple of the years I have been enjoying reading a novel, a memoir, a blog post, or, tonight, a Facebook post. And then, suddenly, I am jolted. My eyes screech to a dead halt. I stare and gape at the page in...
Farewell Ode to November
It has arrived. The dark of this Wednesday, the last of November. Most of the previous 29 days masqueraded as Indian summer; the chorus of fall rising in a parched crescendo at month's end. Monday morning's buffet brunch of chill, hue, and aroma roused my senses from...
The Trump Challenge: Continue Walking in Love
Half of us are hurting and half of us are celebrating. While the red-hat party is going on next door, let's gather our tribe over here. Here's the message, Loves. Keep on keeping on. Keep on loving. Keep on holding open doors (literal and metaphorical). And when the...
