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Topic ~ Caregiving
Trust Other People’s Love for You
Welcome to 31 Days of Self-care Trust other people's love for you. Trust builds on self-love. Love yourself first with compassion. Other love will follow. Trust that.
Being Happy Isn’t About You – It is You.
Welcome to 31 Days of Self-care What is it to be happy? A few years back I wrote "happy is something that you are." I was thinking of happy as a state of being. Not something you achieve or can lose, but something that's always there waiting for you to discover it...
What Does it Mean to be Alive?
Welcome to 31 Days of Self-care What does it mean to be alive? The answer lies in our ability to create and through our creativity express compassion. When I was a little girl, I lived in the country on a lake in New England, surrounded by trees and wildlife. My...
Topic ~ Human Trafficking
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Topic ~ Food
Eating a Plant-based Diet Does Not Mean We are Vegan or Vegetarian
The meals my mom put on the table in the sixties, seventies, and eighties were plant-based. She just called them, “eat what I put in front of you and be satisfied.” That’s barely said with tongue in cheek and every word is the truth. It sounds harsh, but I learned...
Sending Joy in a Brown Paper Package
“Brown paper packages tied up with string, these are a few of my favorite things,” I remember as a child singing the song “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music as I twirled around our yard. Often this happened when I was hanging the laundry out to dry. My...
Be Present in the Moment. It Will Not Come This Way Again
As 2019, all too quickly draws to a close, I stop and reflect on how well I treated the opportunities it presented. A few years ago, all of our kids were home for Christmas over college break. For these occasions, like so many parents, I try to make as many of their...
Topic ~ Spiritual
Hanukkah’s Festival of Lights and Rededication Brings Light to the World
As I sit here reflecting on the eight nights of Hanukkah, I am amazed that this year the starting and ending dates eluded me. Hanukkah is nearly over as I write this! However, the world can always use more light, and as Hanukkah is a celebration of light, I felt...
Blessings Are Everywhere Looking for You
In A Charlie Brown Christmas, Charlie Brown asks Lucy what she wants for Christmas. She responds, “Real Estate.” As an adult, I understand this response as a sad commentary on Christmas commercialism. I am slowly feeling the spirit of Christmas. Looking back at...
Releasing Emotional Memories
End of the year celebrations usually includes traditions. There are ancient traditions - Santa still comes down the chimney! Letting go of the old – no to having green bean casserole again. A time for new ones – replace the green bean casserole with a fruit salad....
Day of the Dead Celebrates Death with Amplified Whimsy
My father died when I was a little girl, and for decades, because of what had become the American culture’s view of death, I was scared of the very word “death.” Spoken in hushed terms, I was sure death was a final ending only to be considered in solitude and silence....
Topic ~ Building Community
Hanukkah’s Festival of Lights and Rededication Brings Light to the World
As I sit here reflecting on the eight nights of Hanukkah, I am amazed that this year the starting and ending dates eluded me. Hanukkah is nearly over as I write this! However, the world can always use more light, and as Hanukkah is a celebration of light, I felt...
Blessings Are Everywhere Looking for You
In A Charlie Brown Christmas, Charlie Brown asks Lucy what she wants for Christmas. She responds, “Real Estate.” As an adult, I understand this response as a sad commentary on Christmas commercialism. I am slowly feeling the spirit of Christmas. Looking back at...
Releasing Emotional Memories
End of the year celebrations usually includes traditions. There are ancient traditions - Santa still comes down the chimney! Letting go of the old – no to having green bean casserole again. A time for new ones – replace the green bean casserole with a fruit salad....
Day of the Dead Celebrates Death with Amplified Whimsy
My father died when I was a little girl, and for decades, because of what had become the American culture’s view of death, I was scared of the very word “death.” Spoken in hushed terms, I was sure death was a final ending only to be considered in solitude and silence....