A Song Not Scored For Breathing

Yesterday I was getting a stack of papers ready to file when I realized that I no longer find my worth attached to how efficient, organized...

I returned to work this week after having the summer off. I made a commitment to myself that I would not belly ache to my co workers about ...

"Fairly late in the catastrophic phase of my illness, I began to understand three facts I'd known in theory since early childhood...

I love me some  Brene Brown : Jesus Wept

The Sacred Wound                 Meditation 22 of 53           Pain teaches a most counterintuitive thing—that...

I recently spent three days in silence and solitude. Well, I didn't quite last the full three days. I caved in about three hours before...

"And may you always remember that obstacles in the path are not obstacles, they ARE the path." ~ Jane Catherine Lotter Yesterd...

I woke in the night and saw stars in the sky. It's been months since it's been dark enough in the night to see stars. It's love...

A year ago today I had the fine needle biopsy that led eventually  to my   cancer   diagnosis . There are a bunch of little one year dates ...

This bit from this book  caused an acute sob to rise from within me: "We traveled to Boston to see a specialist, at the time the o...

I have had this quote from this book  taped to my wall for several years now: ``What makes for an authentic personal story is that the h...

More from  this book: "Part of the overall plan seems to be that no matter how sad, wounded, neurotic, or needy we are, that may be...

From a recently read  deeply compelling book  who is quoting another author : "To give up a misery....is to deprive the ego of one ...

This past weekend one of the women from this  conversation spied me at a community event and immediately came and sat beside me. The first ...

I had a long talk with an old friend yesterday. Someone who has seen her share of sorrows. She told me sometimes there are no answers. No w...

Nine months ago, on a Monday like today, I had my mastectomy . I want to write something far more dramatic than that such as   they cut off...

I came home from a week's holiday last night to three new books waiting for me in the mail. You can't get a better homecoming than ...

I recommitted to doing centering prayer and sticking with it through the long haul. Normally I eventually feel too vulnerable and I flee un...

" If Angelina Jolie was here right now I'd punch her in the face . Who is she, with all her money, to parade around what she did? ...

My dining room table is full of my computer stuff because I've been painting my office this week. What started out as wanting a new des...