Living with Uncertainty, or At Peace in the Chaos
I had oral surgery yesterday. It involved one of my favorite teeth, the front one. Right there as a main feature of my smile. My own body is attacking the root, and so there is only a small portion of the original left now. The rest was reinforced today with whatever the latest material is that they use to simulate a tooth, and the doctor advised I not spend any more money on that tooth for cosmetic retouching until it is certain I’ll get to keep it. I looked up teeth/root canal in Louise Hays’ handy...
Read MoreRed-Tailed Hawk
November and December were challenging months in our household. Perhaps it was simply Mercury in retrograde, maybe the effects of long-term holiday sugar over-dosing, or whatever, but words were exchanged. Looks, too. And then, as it always does for us, it passed, like a bad cold, and harmony has been restored. It’s nice to be on the same team again. Right towards the end of this time of disturbance, husband Keith and I were heading into town together. We’d just gotten to the stop sign about a half...
Read MoreNew Year’s Resolution?
It’s that time of the year when the self-help writers tackle the topic of New Year’s Resolutions. How to make them and keep them. A couple of decades back someone thought of something new to add and wrote about the value of NOT making a resolution. claiming that making the resolution was a setup for failure. I suppose I fall into the camp of not making resolution, not so much out of a worry about failure, but rather, it’s a safe way to be a nonconformist, and for all my mild-mannered sweetness, there is a...
Read MoreWhere the Healing Happens
Our moments are filled with breath. Breathing in, and breathing out. Over and over again, breath in, breath out. It is easy to visualize, to follow and to feel the breath in. It cools our nostrils. The abdomen rises like a balloon, the diaphragm becomes engaged, and then we release the breath in an exhalation. But it is what happens between the breaths that we seldom think about—what happens there is growth and healing. Inhalation is to take in that which gives us life. We can go for days without food...
Read MoreJager’s Courageous Night
Children are great teachers. Our granddaughter Jager has just arrived for a long summer visit. She’s come before on her own and stayed with us and has always been very brave about it. In the past she has preferred to sleep on the sofa right outside of our bedroom, a light on, within earshot. Last night she decided she was ready to sleep alone in her room upstairs. We moved her clothes and toys up two flights of stairs, (we sleep in the basement), made her bed, and talked about the no dogs and cats allowed rule....
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