I am only able to visit her now about once every six weeks My eldest sister, who sees her every day is sometimes unaware of the changes that stumble my breath. Her face still lights up [...]
Every morning, without fail, she put her depression and the misery of her marriage in the dryer that stood in the kitchen good only for countertop space and storing the 20 lb bag of potatoes we [...]
Last night, while I was sleeping far from you, my heart was growing bigger. I woke up this morning to find that my chest could barely contain its volume. It is growing still. I can [...]
Sometimes I can’t shake this sadness in spite of all my training. I can’t seem to wish myself into happiness, Whitewash it with a positive affirmation or two or twenty. I cannot kill the thoughts that [...]
For Kathy Lee Kappmeir Just as the doctors predicted upon her diagnosis, she held out for two years in spite of her conviction that holistic treatments and prayers to Hindu gods and goddesses would heal [...]
We have been trained in the way of princess and savior. Cinderella stories of powerless victimization rescued by some prince with a little magical help from above. It is not our strength, our fortitude or our [...]
Everybody needs a God. Now, if you’re an atheist and that puts you on edge, read on, ‘cause there’s a place for you in here as well. The first thing we need to do in order [...]
Touch is the first sense to develop in utero and often the last sense to leave before death. Of the five major senses (touch, sight, hearing, smell, taste), touch is the only one that we cannot [...]
I often say that it is not our issues that are really our biggest difficulty; our biggest difficulty is the issues we have with our issues. We often cannot even get to addressing the issue at [...]
I’ve been on the planet for a good amount of time now, and have learned quite a bit along the way. And while there is a beauty in accumulating a wad of skills and wisdom, there [...]
