Simple Things

Simple Things

“In our deepest self we keep living with the illusion that we will always be the same.” Henri Nowen “It’s really very simple,” my late spiritual director, Gladys, once said to me. She was talking about how she lived each day, waking up,...
Continuous Living

Continuous Living

“Anxiety turns us toward courage, because the other alternative is despair.” Paul Tillich I’ve claimed “seasonal affective disorder” for years, and that may be so, but I’m starting to realize it’s not only summer to fall that...
On Procrastination

On Procrastination

“God has promised forgiveness to your repentance, but He has not promised tomorrow to your procrastination.” ― St. Augustine of Hippo Along with the decluttering reading and course I embarked upon earlier this year, and in part to understand the root of the...
Beginnings

Beginnings

I keep thinking about writing here, and then for some reason I don’t. There is just such an overwhelming amount of words and thoughts out in the world and at our fingertips; I hesitate to add to it just for the sake of saying something or building a...

Brand New

When Audrey was a newborn, I’d wake up each morning, so surprised and excited that I had a baby, and that there she still was, beside me. I wondered, though, if one day, maybe months, or years from then, I would forget that she was new, and hadn’t been...