Archive for the tag 'learning new things'

February 24 2011

A Mother’s True Calling: Not to Fix But to Be With

It was the disturbing quality of the scream coming from one son looking at his brother that alerted Cindy and told her something was terribly wrong.  Her fourteen year old son Stephen was lying as stiff as a board in the middle of the family room having a seizure.     The doctors were quick to tell [...]

November 18 2010

You are my Inspiration!

When was the last time you tried something new?  When did you last step out of your comfort zone and learn a new skill?  Did you get up at 3:30 in the morning to do it?  I mean who really makes high school kids get up that early? My daughter decided to go out for [...]

August 25 2010

Speaking Your Truth: Be Inspired!

Today is the day!  Please order your  Speaking Your Truth book at Amazon.com This book is a great read in itself or an inspiring gift for a friend, colleague, or family member. Be inspired by women’s stories about Finding Your Path, Health and Healing, Family Matters, Love and Abuse, Faith and Spirituality and Self-Discovery. I [...]

February 26 2010

Thawing my Winter Heart

I love the quiet of the mornings when everyone else is off to school and work, and I get to sit down for some quiet reflection.  Last night we got a dusting of snow.  Now as the sun dances across the shimmering surfaces, I watch as the snow melts off the mailbox, first in drips, [...]

February 2 2010

The Power of Your Other Hand

“In teaching hundreds of people to write with both hands, I’ve observed over and over that writing done with the other hand often expresses the disowned and oppressed parts of the self.  With profound simplicity the other hand speaks for the powerless, weak, subordinate aspect of the personality…  It is easier to express feelings by [...]

February 1 2010

The January Journey

The beginning of 2010 did not start off as I had planned.  On the 6th of January, I fell on black ice and broke my wrist so badly that I had to have a plate put in to stabilize the bone.  This was after almost two full weeks of pain and swelling and a not [...]

October 27 2009

The Sunday Routine

The Sunday Routine The board game is at least fifty years old.  And each time I open it, I remember Grandma:  her cookies, her giggle when she won at cards, her screwdriver drinks, the Broncos, and Scrabble. My grandmother Mildred was a fixture at our house every Sunday when I was growing up.  After church, [...]

September 3 2009

Fall's New Beginnings

Learn something new today by showing up in the present moment.

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