gratitude
Bittersweet Grief
“There are no happy endings. Endings are the saddest part, So just give me a happy middle And a very happy start.” –Shel Silverstein, A Light in the Attic I received news recently that a childhood friend had passed away. We often told people that we’d been friends since the 2nd grade, although neither of […]
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Kicked into Mindfulness
Most of the long-term homeless struggle to maintain sanity, while some of them never really had it to begin with, and many of them fall somewhere in the spectrum of genius. My ex-husband’s father was homeless. I met him once in the desert, just outside of Las Vegas. It had been 15 years since anyone had […]
MoreCharles Koller
My mom received some sad news yesterday during her annual check-up to MD Anderson. While she is in good health, and we are SO grateful for that, we were saddened to learned the man who was pivotal in her treatment and recovery passed away last month. I have fond memories of Dr. Koller because he […]
MoreCultivate More Gratitude
“Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos into order, and confusion into clarity….It turns problems into gifts, failures into success, the unexpected into perfect timing, and mistakes into important events. Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and […]
More30 Days, 30 Ways to Empowerment!
For 30 days, I thought it would be good to explore what it means to be empowered versus powerful and how to get comfortable with the “ugly” parts of ourselves. It took me a REALLY long time to become my own best friend, but I thought I would share some of the things that helped […]
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