by JAC | May 3, 2019 | Diary, Seasons, Transformation
At midday the descent begins, determining a reversal of all the values and all the ideals of the morning. C.G. Jung My daughter and only child, I realize one day, is in the middle of her time with me. In another nine years she will be in college....
by JAC | Apr 25, 2019 | Diary, Poems, Seasons, Transformation, Uncategorized
“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...
by JAC | Nov 20, 2018 | Diary, Love and Loss
Nothing we do, however virtuous, can be accomplished alone; therefore we are saved by love. Reinhold Niebuhr My recent minimalist kick led me to cleaning out a huge closet that had boxes of mementos and letters. One of them has all of the sympathy cards I received...
by JAC | Jul 7, 2018 | Diary, Fear, Love and Loss, Uncategorized
“The reality of death has come upon us and a consciousness of the power of God has broken our complacency like a bullet in the side. A sense of the dramatic, of the tragic, of the infinite, has descended upon us, filling us with grief, but even above grief, wonder.”...
by JAC | May 29, 2018 | Diary, Fear, Love and Loss, Poems, Uncategorized
To try to be brave is to be brave.” George MacDonald Today we are outside on our driveway blowing bubbles. It’s only May, and the leaves are freshly born and green, but already, now that they are here, they are foreboding of fall. I am safest in March,...
by JAC | Apr 27, 2018 | Diary, Love and Loss, Poems, Uncategorized
Surgeons must be very careful When they take the knife! Underneath their fine incisions Stirs the Culprit – Life! -Emily Dickinson It’s my 42nd birthday today. I have no fancy plans. It’s not the cheeriest birthday poem, but I can’t help but...