Family Farewell: A Lovely Way to Die.
This spring, I felt an entirely different emotion when my wife’s Uncle Ralph passed away peacefully in the presence of the family he loved.
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Gifted People: You Have Strength, Not a Negative Trait.
High standards of the gifted impress some, but for others it comes off as 'intense'. They might not find a match who'd tolerate their needs.
Serving Love: Surrounded by the Comfort of Family.
It was a town where gringos just don’t go. None of his extended family spoke English or had ever even had any close contact with a gringa.
A Love Letter to All in the Time of COVID-19.
It is time to love one other, love our lives, our families, our communities, our planet and its creatures, and to love this life as it is.
Remind Yourself All the Time of What You Really Are.
Holidays are especially tricky when family members have seemingly conflicting beliefs. To spend time together, we make compromises.
Being Aware of Projection, My Own and Those of Others.
These days, I try to be less 'Whoever You Want Me To Be', and more my own flawed, critical, fumbling and comically self-involved self.
Dreams of an Elephant: Open Letter to the Community.
In my real home, elephant deaths are a complex and beautiful affair. We honor our loved ones, just as humans do. I was robbed of this rite of passage.
Forgive Your Family, Liberate Your Soul.
To move on means coming to terms with the fact that our family has let us down... so we are no longer held back from the residue of our trauma.
The Good Samaritan: Humanity as One Family.
Jesus cannot save us from our sins, only we can do that. The biggest sin is when we close our hearts and forget that we are all one family.
Grieving for What We Never Had in Less Than Ideal Families.
Grieving is not about blaming, but simply an acknowledging the tragic nature of events. If anger comes up in this process, we shall honor that too.