Archive for the tag 'letting go'

November 13 2011

Is it a Mistake? Or Was it on Purpose?

My mother was the lucky recipient of one of the first copies of my book, and she read it cover to cover.  She cried as she relived the story and felt like the book told the story well.  And then she almost hesitated to call me and tell me she had found a mistake. The [...]

March 18 2011

Contentment Can’t be Bought

“Life, we think, is simply a series of tasks to perform, a list of things to do: get the job, buy the house, finish the degree, have the children, do the work. It takes years to figure out, if we ever do, that life is not a task at all. Life is far more difficult [...]

March 4 2011

Let’s Ebb Over a Cup of Tea!

“Let’s ebb together over tea.” That’s what I told my friend Donna today as we were talking about our week.  She is listening to Joan Anderson on CD, soaking in the wisdom of the waves of the ocean by which Joan writes.  Joan’s book, “A Year by the Sea” is an amazing read, and worth [...]

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 [...]

February 7 2011

It’s Never Too Late to Start Again

It has been a challenging few weeks for me, both writing and personally.  I am in that dead of winter space where I know things are happening, they just aren’t visible.  I am in the editing phase of my book and it gets quite tedious moving forward and backward through all the pages, looking for [...]

January 14 2011

Wake Up Now!

Here is an excerpt from Pocketful of Miracles, by Joan Borysenko January 14th What am I doing on earth, so far from Home?  I can no longer remember the bright fields from which I came, except in dreams.  And even these I forget upon awakening. My heart’s desire is to awaken from the dream of [...]

January 4 2011

Living the Miracles of Today

The steam is rising from my cup of tea, and huddled under the blanket on my lap, I am cozy as I write this post.  Although I do feel the importance of planning my year so that I know where I am going, I am being called right now to sit in the silence and [...]

December 23 2010

Happy Holidays

Wishing you… *Friends who bring joy *Family gatherings where everyone leaves their baggage at the door *Amazing food that feeds your soul *Moments of reflecting on your accomplishments of 2010 *Planning time for an abundant new year *Love and Laughter that rings through your celebrations But mostly, I wish you peace. I wish you space [...]

December 13 2010

Pedal More!

Here is a great perspective on what happens when we trust God to direct our actions in the world. Just Pedal At first, I saw God as my observer, my judge, keeping track of the things I did wrong, so as to know whether I merited heaven, or hell when I die. He was out [...]

December 1 2010

Waiting with Hope

We do a lot of waiting in our lives.  Standing in lines, waiting for the train or bus, waiting for the right job, waiting for the money we need to sustain us.  Yet there is a difference between waiting in hope and waiting in fear. We wait in fear when we become impatient with the [...]

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