Happy Birthday Blog for Mom
Thanks for the backbone you gave this family.
Sometimes I picture the spine as a stack of cookies—ginger snaps, chocolate chips, snickerdoodles, oatmeal—layered strength, sweet and steady.
The Truth Is…
Not Cynical—Because I Write
When we emerge from the page, we are not cynical. The words have drawn us away—forward—toward growth and compassion.
Happy Birthday Blog for a Chosen One
I may be the elder, but you’ve often modeled the kind of calm integrity I reach for.
The way you move through the world—through the crowds, through change—without losing yourself.
Always aware of your center.
Always grounded in your truth.
Shadow Vs. Shoulders: Choosing Expression over Expectation
Standing in shadow is hiding, cloistering.
Standing on shoulders is rising, opening.
From someone’s shoulders, I can see farther than they saw, imagine deeper, wider, wilder. I carry forward what they offered, but I’m not confined by it.
The Stubbornness of Caregiving
What is your relationship to caregiving?
Can you receive it with grace?
Can you offer it without losing yourself?
Can you allow the full range of your humanity—light and shadow—to exist within the caregiving arena?
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