A few years ago, I wrote an essay about smashing windows. Not actual windows. But the figurative windows that distort the ways that I feel about myself, the ways I feel about the world. I called it Frosted Window Syndrome, or the never-ending battle so many of us fight just…
Note: The following comes from my Facebook post on Monday as part of my UU Lenten Photo Practice, with the word of CONNECTION. You can see the rest of my daily photos here. ************************************ “Connection – sacred connection – comes from a sense of togetherness in this slushy stew of life.…
Warm weather + flip flops + quiet time to write = me happy as a clam. *********** Saturday: 75 degrees and sunny. Sunday: 55 degrees and rainy. Monday: 40 degrees and snow?!? Ah, the changing weather of spring. ********** Hope is a light in the darkness, a kind of optimistic…
“The unthankful heart discovers no mercies; but the thankful heart will find, in every hour, some heavenly blessings.” ― Henry Ward Beecher I’ll be honest, I struggle with the words “blessing” and “blessed;” I much prefer gratitude and thankfulness. For EVERYTHING. The big things, the small things, and everything in…
A handful of favorite photos for the day’s prompt. Memories, I think, are less about a recollection of facts and more about a stirring up of emotion. So much emotion in all of these photos. ******************* “The best way to capture moments is to pay attention. This is how we…
One of my favorite parts of the day is when the kids come home from school. Backpacks = Trust Trust in teachers, trust in my boys, trust in the world. ******************* Me, wearing my mom’s boots as a kid. Each year I find that I am becoming more and more…