walking blindly on the path..trusting the next step will be there if I don’t turn back

I attended a workshop at the Highlights Foundation this past weekend. I'd originally signed up for it on what felt like a whim since I had never seriously considered writing children's books, but something felt right about it. Part of my mind had already decided that this must be the Divine's way of opening up…

A sign of Life

Several years ago, I was asked to officiate the funeral of a young man (a Marine) killed in Afghanistan. The day before the ceremony, his family and I waited silently, in a private area of the airport, until a few minutes before the plane carrying his body home was about to land and then a…

a “lucky” day, a daring adventure

It is Friday the 13th today. Growing up, there was so much hype around the "bad things" that might happen on this day. I never believed them, but now I am so much more aware of how expectations create events and circumstances (both good and bad) and mass-expectation is even more powerful, so I make…

Life is a daring adventure (and winner of earrings!)

    When my son Matt was in high school, we shared my car.  My parents let me use one of the family cars as much as I wanted, when I got my license (at 16 ), and I remembered the fantastic feeling of freedom driving out of our driveway, picking up 3 or 4…