Giving Ourselves Permission to Cry, Wail, & Moan

One of my earlier memories is from a dirt clog fight with friends in Kanas.  Picture a snowball melee with dried clumps of dirt.  In our childhood enthusiasm, one of my friends pegged me in the face … with a rock hidden at the center of the soil.  Ouch!  While...

The Rain’s Secret (A Poem)

“The rain told me a secret this morning,” “It wants to let you in on it too,” she shared. So, outside I sat, quieted, receptive, and slowed, Listening to the murmurs of small splashes.   As I settled, the waterfall of noise resolved, Into...
Enlightenment is the Journey from My & Mine to Our & Ours

Enlightenment is the Journey from My & Mine to Our & Ours

Cheers Beloved! I wonder if the terrible twos are because that’s when kids start thinking and acting in terms of “my” and “mine”?  What’s more, I’d ask if as a society we live stuck in our terrible twos?  Seriously!  The more...
Enlightenment is the Journey from My & Mine to Our & Ours

Everyone Belongs, There’s More Than Enough

Cheers Beloved! My first memories are from Germany.  My dad was in the Army, so I lived in Western Germany twice before I turned 12.  Growing up in a foreign land, living under the threat of nuclear war, having to stay inside because of Chernobyl, watching soldiers...

“Disabled” but Not Different or Diminished

Since my eyes became crooked from slipping off a cliff and smashing my face into a boulder 11 years ago (you should see the rock!), I’ve noticed kids who are too young to know “better” will often stare at me without shame for a laughably long time....