Create to Heal: Cancer Wisdom

Create to Heal: Cancer Wisdom

This past Saturday October 10th, we joined each other in the ZOOM room for guided meditation and creative writing. One participant named Suzanne, took a creative writing prompt and wrote a magnificent piece called Becoming Me. The prompt was from my original Woman...
Life has always been uncertain

Life has always been uncertain

TODAY I am suggesting to you that life is not always a race to the finish, it’s not necessarily about more possessions and accolades.  And, it is certainly not about certainty. There will always be murky waters to swim through and smoke filled rooms to navigate. It is...
The word “survivor.”

The word “survivor.”

I wonder about the word “survivor.” Some hospitals and practitioners love the word, others hate the word. Others don’t really care … I do care because there are some negative connotations to the word survivor—”one who lives through...
A Time for Reflection, A Time to be “Lost”

A Time for Reflection, A Time to be “Lost”

So, I find myself in an odd place—odd for me for I am almost always moving forward, creating and “doing.” For most of my life, I have relied heavily on my sports and competitive tennis training to push through physical and psychological pain to “make...
Good Words, Good Medicine

Good Words, Good Medicine

Good morning! I started my day with a lovely verse from the Bible: Proverbs 17:22. “A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.” I am a highly spiritual person who delights in the power of words and beautiful phrases...