Today has been a powerful day of hearing people tell their stories and being touched in deep and raw places in my heart. I don’t have energy to share much more than the facts around who I’ve had the great fortune to learn from today. This morning I heard Eva Schloss speak at my school. […]
Category Archives: stories
Giving Thanks and Turning Four
Four years ago I was working at a Montessori school. In the kitchen during snack one day (the school lived inside a sweet little house), I was being me… getting excited about something… I imagine there was lots of energy and a sense of awe in my expression (wink). A nine year old turns to […]
Shadows and Swords
SynchronicitiesAlignmentClarityUncertaintyBeing withExperiencingExploring A month ago I was invited into a dance of awareness. I was invited to live with greater integrity. I recognized in my interactions with myself and others that there was an inherent boundary I was not respecting. A gate I was ignoring, walking through without honoring its sacred presence. I was acting […]
The World I Want to Live In
A sunny morning reflecting, writing and creating. This poem and post catches my attention and leaves me with tears in my eyes. It’s possible. Keep dreaming your dreams. Let’s celebrate our connections and bring these visions to life… together. This is the whole post from CharityFocus Blog The wonderfully inspiring Arab-American poet, Naomi Shihab Nye […]
A Funny Conversation
I’m having lunch with two 3rd-grade girls. One farts. The other looks at me and then the other girl and says, “Oh my gosh! I wouldbe so embarrassed to fart in front of someone like that. Wouldn’t you, Ashley?” I smile and make a casual, this-is-life kind of face and say, “Farting is something that […]
"happy mornings"
its presidents day and i am off on a trail ride with my husband. as i awake my first job was to get the children to school. i was very excited as the weather was wonderful. i got the children up and dressed and made them breakfast. jared was sitting quiet and calm and i […]