The Healing Power of Creativity
We live in a rushed society so to be housebound for days on end has a way of changing our perspective. When crisis forces us to slow down, we begin […]
Tag Archives: healing
The Extraction
When shards of life slice through our souls and lodge in our hearts, character flaws form and fester around these painful experiences: We find ourselves overcompensating with ambition for injuries […]
The Loss of Innocence
“I want to write poetry that heals the soul.” Last night, my daughter, Elya, expressed this desire after she read her poem, “The Loss of Innocence,” to me. She is […]
#59 Weaving Life Stories
I say I trust God, but then I’m all over my unanswered questions like a kitten on a ball of string. Playful, yes, but often obsessive just the same. I […]
“Mary, I miss you.”
I miss my former Twelve-step sponsor. I want to tell her I sang her favorite affirmation on the way to work yesterday, “This is the day the Lord has made, […]
The Wrestling
Recently, someone asked me about the gap in my personal history they noticed by reading my blogs. I shuddered at the thought of posting writings from those dark years of […]
