Today is Ash Wednesday marking the beginning of the season of Lent for many Christians, including Catholics like me. Lent is a period of self-preparation before Easter, forty days to ready your body, mind, and spirit to celebrate the resurrection of Jesus on Easter Sunday. People typically observe Lent by fasting, or giving something up.Continue reading "An Ash Wednesday Reflection"
Monday Meditation: Call for a Do Over
Nothing in the universe can stop you from starting over.-Guy Finley Every once in a while, we yearn for a fresh start. We may, however, hear that fresh starts are for the young…or someone without kids…or singles…or just not us. Remember the days on the playground when we called for a "do over" because ofContinue reading "Monday Meditation: Call for a Do Over"
Monday Meditation: One Day, One Thing.
Change your life today. Don't gamble on the future, act now, without delay.-Simone de Beauvoir To change the movement of your path, you just need to take one step each day. These steps don't have to be big, they can be as small as you would like. The point is to take them. Grief canContinue reading "Monday Meditation: One Day, One Thing."
Monday Meditation: Self-Mastery
Mastering others is strength. Mastering yourself is true power.-Lao Tzu The new year brings resolution fever. People create lists of habits they would like to break or new things they would like to do. However, these lists may not help those recovering from loss. What might grievers resolve to do in new years? Perhaps oneContinue reading "Monday Meditation: Self-Mastery"
Christmastime 2019
A couple of weeks ago, I was walking through Trader Joe's doing the weekly shop. My baby girl was sleepily bouncing along in her Baby Bjorn as I strolled the aisles. It was just after Thanksgiving and about two weeks before Christmas. Holiday items were out for sale and I was just beginning to thinkContinue reading "Christmastime 2019"
Monday Meditation: Christmas Season
'Tis the season for reflection, not just rejoicing.
Monday Meditation: The Role of Pain
Your pain is the breaking of the shell that encloses your understanding. -Khalil Gibran Loss comes with pain; emotional and physical. Unfortunately, it is part of the process and we cannot get around it. Often, we seek ways to avoid the pain, to numb ourselves to it. Some distractions are healthy, others not. While theContinue reading "Monday Meditation: The Role of Pain"
Monday Meditation: Certain Change
There is nothing permanent except change. -Heraclitus We are slowly approaching the new season and the new year, the changing of our calendar. Each year we either look toward these changes with excitement or with trepidation. Regardless, change comes. We can count on very little in life to be predictable, except change. We may notContinue reading "Monday Meditation: Certain Change"
8 Ways to Survive Post-Loss Holidays
Eight ways to handle the holiday season after loss.
Thanksgiving Meditation: Give.
For it is in giving that we receive. -Francis of Assisi We discuss gratitude quite frequently at this time of year, of giving thanks for what we are grateful to have. What if we take time to focus on the later part of the holiday's title: Thanksgiving. In giving to others we are able toContinue reading "Thanksgiving Meditation: Give."
I’M BACK! But where have I been…?
I've been away for a bit...but I'm back!
Monday Meditation: New Year Goals
This New Year set personal goals.
Monday Meditation: Give to Receive this Season
By giving to others out of love, we receive the things we need most this time of year: love and comfort.
Monday Mediation: Be good to your body.
Be good to your body this holiday season.
Monday Meditation: The strength in silence
Let the silence support you and comfort you this holiday season.