by Lillian Lake | | Building Community, Stop Trafficking
Most of us wonder about the rate at which summer proceeds. I have yet to hear a believable explanation for the speedy passing of summer. And here we are two weeks into September! What has happened to Labor Day, school starting, and the first smells of autumn? They...
by Lillian Lake | | Building Community
“August slipped away into a moment in time ’cause it was never mine…” “August slipped away into a moment in time ’cause it was never mine…” —- this line from Taylor Swift’s song, August, always gets my...
by Lillian Lake | | Caregiving
“Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying, ‘I will try again tomorrow.” (Mary Anne Radmacher) Pain, fatigue, and feeling alone with your chronic illness can make self-pity and crying an effortless option. From the...
by Lillian Lake | | Caregiving, Food, Spiritual
In the beginning. Eight years ago, following emergency surgery and an extended stay in the hospital, I couldn’t eat any food without extreme bloating and pain, requiring a potent pain reliever. I spent months on bone broth and didn’t have the energy to...
by Lillian Lake | | Desserts, Food, Grief, Recipes
My “go-to” therapy is playing my piano or baking when I have something challenging to work through. As hot as it was in Iowa when we were there on vacation a few weeks ago, I baked up a storm. Coincidentally, it did storm with all kinds of crazy thunder and lightning....
