Morning After Thanksgiving: I Want to Stop Feeling Sorry.
And as I lay in bed on my back... the most miraculous thing happened. I wanted to stop feeling sorry. Forever. Once and for all.
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Volunteering in India and Nepal: Self-Care While Caring for Others.
I recently discovered the practice of self-care while caring for others too, when taking part in two volunteering initiatives in India and Nepal.
The Journey to Safety, Love and a Home. {poetry}
And deep in my innermost, a subtle process of going home began... yet unbeknownst to me, the Universe helped the subconscious.
Empowering Children to Care for Their World.
Although we love to receive our children’s care, we don’t need it. Expecting or depending upon children for love can become dysfunctional.
18 Lessons I’ve Learned About Life.
Cut out any person from your life who brings you down or depletes your energy. Life is too short to hang out with mean-spirited individuals.
Bye-Bye, Crazy Mommy!
Crazy Mommy is, thankfully, no longer with us...My biggest epiphany is that I cannot heal my children of the emotional wounds Crazy Mommy inflicted on them.
Surviving the Void: A Tribute to the Healing of the Womb.
I now realize that, while I may not be able to bring forth life in physical form from my womb, I can bring forth life in other ways equally as beautiful.
For the Students, My Teachers, February 14th, 2018 (and Every Day After). {poetry}
Never again will we entertain this tyranny
that wears a thousand divisive masks
but is always a scared and greed-scarred child-man
hiding behind a curtain.
Missile, No Missile, and What Happened in Between.
Moments just arrive, or collide, with the last thought, the last action. Bird food/imminent death. Dog barking/missile attack. The expected/the unthinkable.
We Women Just Can’t Take a Joke, Can We?
This joke was not the product of haplessly old-fashioned, harmlessly sexist men. It was purposeful, deeply misogynistic violence, passed off as joking.