Trust Lacking It took me a long time to trust that I knew more than I thought I did. I vividly remember the first time I became aware of receiving a message from the still small voice of wisdom within me. I was young … twenty-four … and I didn’t fit in with my peers. […]
Inner Life
Peace
My daughter and I watch a modern Western crime drama called “Longmire” on Netflix. No binging … just a couple of episodes a couple of times a week. There certainly is a lot of crime in Sheriff Walt Longmire’s little corner of Wyoming. Crime dramas are more my daughter’s fare than mine, but I must […]
Re-Conditioning Needed
Conditioning When someone young is criticized a lot, they become conditioned to look for what is wrong with them. That happened to me. One of the complements I receive from readers of my memoir, A Long Awakening to Grace, is how honest I was about my faults. For many years, friends confronted me about how […]
Wisdom to Guide Me in Times Like These
It has been awhile since I have written here. Something in me senses that our pandemic is here to teach us an important lesson if we are open to learning it. And so, I have been spending time with thought leaders who have greater wisdom than I possess. I do that through reading and podcasts. […]
A Healing Gift of Authentic Love
In my last post, I wrote about the “gift of connection” I received from my cousin, Mike. This post will make more sense if you have read that one … and/or this one written some time ago. Mike’s Curiosity about My Feminism Mike and I spoke again on Sunday, April 19. I had been helping him […]
My Testimony
A weight lifted I left church this morning with my shoulders straighter and my head held higher. I could feel a weight lifted. I came out … in church. I was REAL about the shame I carry around sex. So much support My friends are a blessing. Seven came to give me support. Most of […]
