and I haven’t always been. Inklings of Emerging Wisdom On April 26, I posted on my Facebook timeline Gloria Steinem’s words of wisdom heard on a PBS news segment. Gloria received 61 likes, 9 comments, and 10 shares. On April 28, while teaching a Church School class, I quoted myself. My friend, Carol, said, “That […]
HEART PONDERINGS … sharing with you the things I keep in my heart
Learning from Mistakes
In my February 25 post, I wrote about my friend, Diana, teaching me to knit. She is the kindest teacher I’ve had. She praises me even when I make mistakes. She says I’m doing well. She says we learn by making mistakes. Having been raised by a perfectionist and morphing into one myself, that’s a […]
Ceremonial Burning
You are a link in a chain of causation that stretches before and after your life for a thousand generations. ~Rev. Chris Michaels Last summer I tore the pages of my journals into shreds … pages I used to remember the details of my story chronicled in A Long Awakening to Grace: a memoir of […]
Full Aliveness: Sharing My Love for Writing as a Spiritual Practice
In my March 20 post I wrote about our first Soul Scripting class through our local Osher Lifelong Learning Institute in glowing terms. I told you about how doing what I love brings me fully alive. This week the six-week class came to an end. Turns out it was not smooth sailing throughout. I knew […]
A Break Worth Taking
Last week, my daughter and I did something we have never done before. We went to see not one, but two movies at two different theaters in one day. I needed a break. Between caregiving, assuming too many leadership roles, and hearing about too many disheartening events in our world, this retired woman grew exhausted […]
2019 Dayton Book Expo
A Long Awakening to Grace will be one of the featured books at this years premier book expo. Come on out and meet lots of authors in several genres. It is free and open to the public!
