Written December 23, 2021 Reposted Dec. 24, 2024 My childhood home was filled with music, especially at Christmastime. I developed an...

July 14, 2024 Photo by Mike Goad on Pixabay One year ago our family traveled to New Hampshire to bury our dad’s ashes. Gathering in the...

June 17, 2024 Last month I wrote about home, and how we create, experience, and care for it. This month I’ve gained a new perspective...

January 15, 2024 I have always loved January for the pause and possibilities woven into it. Following the busy holiday season, it is a...

December 24, 2023 It’s Christmas Eve. All is calm, all is bright. Sigh. This day is a landing place after a busy stretch of days and...

September 10, 2023 September is one of my favorite months! Summer heat may linger, but hope is on the horizon. A change of seasons is...

December 6, 2022 First published in Soul Salsa in 2020 The month of December ushers in a season of lights, festivities, and holy-days....

November 13, 2022 “Harvest is a joyful time of gathering the produce of the land.” ― Sunday Adelaja As Thanksgiving approaches, I’m...

September 18, 2022 Just do the next right thing Take a step, step again It is all that I can do The next right thing. I won’t look too...

August 14, 2022 It was one year ago that Art and I moved my dad from assisted living into memory care. We honestly thought he was dying....

June 26, 2022 “Joy is the most infallible sign of the Presence of God.” I’ve come to believe that joy is like a hidden treasure buried...

June 5, 2022 As summer rolls in after some very painful and difficult weeks, I wonder how to savor this season. Summer begs us to pause...

May 23, 2022 "When gardeners garden, it is not just plants that grow, but the gardeners themselves.” – -Ken Druse Planting and...

May 9, 2022 “The holiest of all holidays are those kept by ourselves in silence and apart. The secret anniversaries of the heart…” ...

March 27, 2022 As the air changes outside, it begins to refresh my insides on every level. Last week, an article entitled Spring Cleaning...

March 13, 2022 If I had to name two life lessons that have been the hardest for me to learn, they would be patience and letting go....

March 2, 2022 As I contemplated what to write this week, a message about solidarity was delivered to my work inbox. It is one of the...

It was a Sunday much like this, 28 years ago today. Art and I were watching the football playoffs and I was quite pregnant with Taylor,...

The training for my new position has included some valuable reading and self-assessment tools. Any time we want to truly help others, it...

December 17, 2021 “For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven: a time to be born, and a time to die; a...