meandering
I feel I am forever meandering in and out of the folds of my life. I nestle into one fold then can’t seem to rise up and find the grit I need to dive into another. This blanket, this world, this imagined reality is comforting and yet, in a flash, it shows itself to be [...]
tiny wisdom
She calls herself Tiny Buddha. She’s a strong writer with a clear, funny, often sweet voice. Her book has helped me to ask myself some tough questions about why I am doing what I’m doing. Not just here on this blog, but in my life as a writer, mother, wife, friend and woman. I often [...]
believe shift
“It is going to be unbelievably hard some days – like the rawness of birth, all that blood and those fluids and shouting horrible terrible things – but then there will be that wonderful child right in the middle. And that wonderful child is you, with your exact mind and butt and thighs and goofy [...]
Fluxed?
“We crave an unbroken line between who we are and what we do.”
~ Diana Baur, A Certain Simplicity
I am in a constant state of flux about who I really am. I wonder. Am I a series of descriptives and labels that have long been hung on me? Am I really that bossy, bold, [...]
I Want To Encourage You
I want to encourage you to see how wonderful you are … just as you are. You don’t need to be other or more – more beautiful, more successful, more wealthy, more giving, more funny, more out-going, more disciplined. Begin by accepting yourself.
You Are Enough
I want to encourage you to see that you are unique. [...]
Untravelled
I’m in the middle of putting toothpaste and soap into a clear plastic case that will fit inside my carry-on bag, when I’m transported out of my bedroom — not to some lush destination, but to a closet-sized restroom on board a 767.
I’m freshening up just before landing near the end of the nine hour [...]
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