by Lillian Lake | | Building Community, Caregiving, Spiritual
I always have mixed feelings about “holidays” such as Mother’s Day but I went to bed last night thinking of Mother Mary. I thought about how much she went through as a mother of which we can choose to identify. First, she was pregnant without being...
by Lillian Lake | | 21 Day Self-care Tune-up, Caregiving
“Be kind” is something we are frequently admonished. Be kind. What a great phrase! They are great words to hold up to anything we do or say. My daughter will say to her daughter “was that kind?” or “were you being kind?”....
by Lillian Lake | | Building Community, Caregiving, Spiritual
Shatter old beliefs that don’t feel true. Ask: Do I know that’s true? How do I know? Can I apply love to my relationship with this belief? When presenting a belief, how is it received? Many of our beliefs are generational. “We learn what we...
by Lillian Lake | | Caregiving, Food
I have been encouraged to write about food as it relates to diabetes so I thought I’d tackle it this weekend. As I gaze out on grass growing in the back pasture and an aged groundhog nibbling under the bird feeder, I am wondering how to approach such a broad topic....
by Lillian Lake | | 31 Days of Self-care, Caregiving
Welcome to 31 Days of Self-care We Feel Because We are Alive! This morning the words “como se siente” were in my head. I had barely opened my eyes to greet the day. A good time indeed to get my attention before my head clutters with other news of the day....
by Lillian Lake | | 31 Days of Self-care, Caregiving
Welcome to 31 Days of Self-care I knew that I wanted to do this exact post today before today even began. I can’t tell you where I got the notion it wanted to be written, but somewhere. I can only presume, the universe decided long before the idea even came to...
