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“Volunteers are truly the lifeblood of the American Red Cross, and we are calling on them now by the thousands to help support relief efforts in Louisiana and other states after Katrina,” said Pat McCrummen, American Red Cross disaster spokesperson. “We are looking at a long term, very significant response to this storm.” All American […]

sometimes i catch my kids sitting, day dreaming and wonder what they are actually thinking. one sunday afternoon i walked into zoe’s room and she was quietly sitting on her bed. i stopped and looked at her and said “hi” she looked at me and said “mama, can i tell you something” “sure you can […]

I am so fortunate to get to spend a week with this wonderful man. My grandfather came and spent a week here in Seattle. We explored locally and traveled to Oregon’s coast and the Columbia River gorge. I feel very honored to be loving and supporting him as he transitions into a whole new phase […]

“Where does one go from a world of insanity?Somewhere on the other side of despair.” (T.S. Eliot) Today is simply a beautiful day in New Jersey…. the air is clear, humidity low, and the sky is filled with puffy white clouds. Funny then.. that i find myself pondering darker emotions. When i read the above […]

When my friend, Mike, noticed that I was reading Marc Gafni, he sent me his personal notes from another book of Gafni’s, The Mystery of Love. I offer these in my continued exploration of love: Love is a perception; to be loved is to be seen. Love is about in-sight. It is the ability to […]

Thank you Chris, for this inspirational offering. Here is today’s post at Parking Lot: This is from “Synchronicity” by Joseph Jaworski. It is from a conversation he had with Francisco Varela in which Varela tells him about the power of being open: When we are in touch with our ‘open nature,’ our emptiness, we exert […]

This poem was shared with my family when my grandmother passed away. It spoke so eloquently to our experience that my grandfather read it at her memorial service. Remembered in Love God saw you getting tiredWhen a cure was not to be,So he closed His arms around youAnd whispered “Come to Me”You didn’t deserveWhat you […]