How this happened, I don’t know, but I’d never heard of “thin places” before this morning. (And I’m not talking about skinny.) I was listening to Nikki Mirghafori’s weekly Happy Hour guided meditation. The topic was thin places. As she was explaining what it is, I started to tear up, realizing that I was in … Continue reading Thin Places
Forgive me if that obnoxiously grating song becomes your earwig today. It has been going through my head all day as I work on this new year blog. What do I want? What do I really, really want in 2019? Every year, I want the lofty and obvious: I want world peace; I want an … Continue reading “I’ll tell you what I want, what I really, really want…”
Recently, the husband of a dear friend was killed when a tree limb fell on him while he was working in his yard. A freak and random accident, it has left my friend stunned and so very, very sad. I’ve written many times in this blog about grief, and how it bounces in and out … Continue reading Grief Really Shouldn’t End. Here’s Why.
I listened to a heartbreaking interview on WBUR's Here & Now on Wednesday with a woman named Katy Brogan, who last week lost her home in the Pawnee wild fire in Northern California. She offered a raw and honest account of her experience, including her bewildering feelings about the things she and her family lost, … Continue reading Things
