Three Keys for Unlocking Mother Guilt
I think I have found the keys. They fit the three padlocks on the door behind which I have stood much of the last 17 years, my hand wrenching the door knob. I've stood on my tippy toes much of the time, one eye shut, the other eye muscled open wide, peering...
Equine & Artistic Expression
Some creative-thinking folks conjured up this event where I'll be speaking Sunday: In Middle Tennessee, we are very blessed to have a long-standing, highly successfully recreational and therapeutic horseback riding program for children and youth with disAbilities,...
Mother-Daughter Dance
Weave in. Weave out. Delicate at times. Boisterous and rocking and raucous at others, this dance of mother-daughter. The same child-turned young woman who locked me in my bedroom last night in some sort of weird, unspoken developmentally delayed adolescent...
In Memoriam, Nashville’s 1,000-Year Flood
Past "Journey with Grace" #NashvilleFlood--May 1-2, 2010--coverage featuring local professional photographers is here. And the post that reportedly started the "We Are Nashville" movement is here. Excerpt of hockey blogger Patten Fuqua's post...
Sisters Unite!
So, this event was Saturday and while many of my admirable, courageous sisters--whom I hold in highest esteem--were down at the capitol, I was driving back from Athens, Tenn., taking down the first of two GraceArt shows dismantled this weekend. But, the solidarity to...
Age is Just a Number
Today is the 74th birthday of my friend, spiritual mentor and companion, Rev. Dr. David Kenneth Wheaton, Ph.D. But, no bother. He's not big on numbers because he's "not a number." Ken, rather, is 74-years-young. As we spend time together in public I...
Carnival Kia, Parnassus, AAM, Pieces of Hope & Our Book
The lights were off and the chirping cricket chorus was deafening. For a year, my dear publisher and collaborator-photographer and I had a serious disagreement with the charity benefiting from our book, From Heartache to Hope: Middle Tennessee Families Living...
