A Few More Lazy, Hazy Days of Summer, Please

June 15, 2012 By

 It seems I am a slow learner.I need considerable amounts of downtime.I need it so that I can find center,so that I can breathe with my mind, as well as my lungs.I need it so that I am an easier … Read more...

The Gift of a Good Dad

June 15, 2012 By

We were late for dinner and I was struggling to finish getting dressed to join my husband, his parents and his sister who were traveling with us, each of them now patiently waiting for me to put … Read more...

Backsliding – The TSP Book Club

June 14, 2012 By

It has been a very strange week.Last week felt so full,so productive,so rewarding on lots of different levels.And I began to see some connections betweenthose feelings and the work that we are … Read more...

Becoming Who We Are

June 8, 2012 By

I want to tell  you a story today. It's a good story - at least, I think it is. It's a story about young love, and mature love. About fear and overcoming fear. About unlearning and re-learning. But … Read more...

A Letter to My 8-Year-Old Self: The TSP Book Club

June 8, 2012 By

At 6.5 years old, they're not quite 8 yet. But they are amazing creatures, full of curiosity, eagerness, spunk and just enough vinegar to be really interesting. They are cousins, born one month apart … Read more...

That Delicate Balance, Part Two

June 6, 2012 By

She really wanted him to play the piano.Among the earliest guests to arriveat the party,she made her desires knownright away.And of course, I am not surprised  she felt that way.She's been teaching … Read more...

That Delicate Balance, Part One

June 6, 2012 By

The wind was gentle out on the patio,where we waited for our lunch trays.So she set the small container of salsa verdeon top of the napkin to keep it from blowing away.Lunch arrived, she picked up the … Read more...

Redeeming the Time

May 30, 2012 By

It was a Monday out of the routine.No childcare responsibilities.No church responsibilities.No family responsibilities.Don't get me wrong - all of those are good things in our lives,things we treasure … Read more...

True Confessions: The TSP Book Club

May 30, 2012 By

 Okay, it's time for the weekly check-in.We're reading Julia Cameron's, "The Artist's Way"over at TweetSpeak Poetry,under the fearless leadership of Lyla Lindquist.If you read last week's initial … Read more...

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