Jul 07
I woke up at 2am and couldn’t get back to sleep. My mind kept turning over and over. What can one person do? I have anger, and I know that anyone (especially a woman) who acts out of anger get dismissed. I also know that Love is stronger than Fear – and there’s a whole …
Aug 04
Where does your knowledge come from? Not the ‘book learning.’ Not the lessons imparted by your parents, friends, or society. The knowledge you have deep within. What I’m finding recently is a new appreciation for the knowledge gained by my times of intense struggle – being on the edge of death. There were the physical …
Aug 02
My dog died four weeks ago. To be honest, four weeks ago my husband and I made the decision to euthanize our dog. There wasn’t much of a ‘decision’ to make; she could no longer walk, and she was refusing both food and water. I came home from a working-vacation in Maine in order to …
Jul 16
Is religion all about shame? This question was raised, in a round-about way, of course, on Facebook recently. Certainly when I’ve spoken with friends who are disenfranchised from Catholicism, shame and guilt have played a big part of their decision. (I have only rarely met someone disenfranchised from another religion, but I’d be pleased to …
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