The last couple of years has brought me to a place that feels like home. As a semi-retired woman who knows the privilege, as well as the hardships of my own identify in society, it has been a life pursuit to find … and keep finding(!)... my niche. Issues of social justice are incredibly important … Continue reading Broadening the Way…
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“It’s a great life… if you don’t weaken…”
Life is hard… there’s no escaping it… Sometimes I wish we could take the wisdom of the elders and apply it earlier on our journey to avoid so many of the inevitable mistakes that make up this adventure we call life… I recall in my late teens/early twenties, 6 inch heals were 'the thing,' and … Continue reading “It’s a great life… if you don’t weaken…”
This Little Light of Ours…
A year of gathering all that fills our life... the joyous moments and the painful losses... Beginnings with new life and the last goodbyes... Yet another symptom and the renewed strength to carry on... The struggling relationships, and the strength that comes from being understood... All of it makes for this season of light, no … Continue reading This Little Light of Ours…
In your Silent Night
IN YOUR SILENT NIGHT… when you cannot sleep and the whole world seems too quiet… In your SILENT night… when the demands around you seem to separate you from the rest of humanity… In your SILENT night… when change has taken your peace and hid it in a place you have no energy to find… … Continue reading In your Silent Night
JOY
This Christmas as I reflect on what the past year has given me, I recognize that JOY has found me! For so long, I have searched for my niche, and while every corner of my life feeds me… bright contentment has settled on my soul… Many paths have led me to this time… Each turn, … Continue reading JOY
Miracles Happen…
It was a perfect challenge for me… Tackle a too-long-neglected cupboard space and make it worthy of daily living… Being a part of the refugee resettlement project has given us ample opportunities to embrace these challenges. We never know what condition the rental spaces will be in when they’re announced. All that can be guaranteed … Continue reading Miracles Happen…
Pondering the Path
There is nothing like a country road, or a hiking trail through the woods, to remind us of the essential practice of pausing. In the haste of life, we can find ourselves on a path, yet fail to see all it has to offer… Where is it leading us? Or more specifically, WHAT is leading … Continue reading Pondering the Path
Look for the Crack
Groping in the darkness, all we can rely on is the belief that beyond the unrest is the light we know is calling us. Too often, life these days takes us from crisis to crisis. From personal to family to community and globally, we are bombarded with the challenges of difference. The isolation we were … Continue reading Look for the Crack
Space To Test Their Dreams
I sat in the back row… far away from the spotlight of applause, directing, crowd controlling… in the elementary auditorium where I had co-directed the school musical for most of my teaching years there. Returning, I’d come to absorb some “kid energy” from the other side of the stage. What I received was more than … Continue reading Space To Test Their Dreams
We can invite them into our fold so that they don’t feel the need to destroy it…
Knowing yet another community has been decimated… Or that we as a nation have failed, once again, to make our country a safe land of opportunity. As an educator, I am not sure which is worse… I know that I am not alone in asking, what can we DO? I had just posted about how … Continue reading We can invite them into our fold so that they don’t feel the need to destroy it…