How easy it is to end up behaving the way I did when I was a child and a teenager. It …
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Next Year
Next Year, I Promise to… Lately, the Public Broadcasting System from Buffalo has been advertising a …
Key Moments
“And then I had a key moment. Do you know what that is?” “A key moment. Tell me.” “That’s the moment …
Quiet
The first time I heard ‘Quiet’ was when I watched group of women, all wearing pink knitted hats, …
The Impact of Words and Who We Truly Are
I love language – the vibration and variety of it, the way words can express what I feel. I used to …
Breaking Up is Hard to Do — Or Is It?
Consider that everything in life is really a metaphor for everything else. I can hear an English …
Rage. Sadness, Fear, and Guilt — these four
I’ve revisited a recent judging experience as I remember it. I hear myself apologizing for my …
Failing to Thrive — Then and Now
Failure to thrive is a medical term applied to infants who are unable to gain weight and who, …
The ‘F’ Words in My Life
“She used the ‘f’ word!” We know what that means. And either the speaker’s frustrated or angry or …
Food For Thought
At lunch with a friend recently and after eating our entrées, we both contemplated having desert. …
Seeing the Light of Day
A few weeks ago, I spent three days in conversation with five other women. During the course of …
I am NOT My History
It amazes me how thoughts come unbidden into my consciousness. I can be doing anything – driving, …