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Happy Saturday friends!

I ran across this poem again recently and wanted to share. It's the nicest way in the world to remember to breathe, to spend time being quiet, to remember to be in the...

Happy Saturday friends!

This just made my heart sing and I wanted to share:

Right now there are Tibetan Buddhist monks in a temple in the Himalayas endlessly reciting mantras for the cessation of...

Happy Saturday friends!

I've already published 3 other blog posts this week, what in the world? Maybe because it's been cold. Of course, I always feel like I have to say, "Not nearly as cold as...

In Gestalt coaching we sometimes work on what is called "Parts of Self" (no, not split personalities :-)) We all have parts of ourselves that pop up when needed and help us deal with our lives, or...

At the end of Mom’s life, I developed Reynaud’s Syndrome. I wondered if I was just picking up on her stuff as my body is wont to do:

but I’ve since learned that while...

Here we go! It's a big one! Feel free to share!

And because I was a little freaked out that this really did look so much...

Happy Saturday friends!

The sweet little video above just made my day. Not sure what this game is called…maybe I’ve Got the Ball and If You Try to Take it From Me I’ll Whap...

Happy birthday to the sweetest, funniest, weirdest dog that is so much like me, it's kinda creepy

Little Lucy is from a Border Collie breeder (I know, gasp! Not a rescue?? OMG! Shame! Oh hush,...

My brother Michael and I were talking this week and realized that we've both been coming to terms with a new piece of grief. For me it's been slow in coming but once I started talking about it, it...

Happy Saturday friends!

I wrote a post earlier in the week about that strange time warp of a week between Christmas and New Year's that you can read here.

This is pretty much how I spent all week...