A Million Miles

… and write the words that center my soul. I must have walked a million miles, barefoot on eggshells all around. Hoping I will soon take flight and build my wings while falling slowly down. Hoping I will float across these eggshells all around, still, it never makes sense. All the thoughts and words and [...]

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Writing From The Heart

“Because this business of becoming conscious, of being a writer, is ultimately about asking yourself, how alive am I willing to be?” ~~~ Anne Lamott (Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life)   I’ve come here many times this month. I’ve come here upset. I’ve come here happy. I’ve come here frustrated. I’ve [...]

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Unsettling My Toes

Growth is an erratic forward movement: two steps forward, one step back. Remember that and be very gentle with yourself. ~~~ Julia Cameron I just started reading, The Creative Life by Julia Cameron. Not because I have dreams of being an artist. Not because I have dreams of being a writer. But, because I have [...]

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Letting Go and Shutting Down

“Each has to enter the nest made by the other imperfect bird.” – Rumi I think I’m possibly messed up — you know, in that way that you think you’re thoughts are far more different from the thoughts of those around you so you tell them that you think you’re messed up hoping that the [...]

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Lessons From The Port Wine Cheese Ball

To forgive is to set a prisoner free and realize that prisoner was you. ~~~ Lewis B. Smedes I love a port wine cheese ball. I can’t even fathom a Thanksgiving or a Christmas get-together without a port wine cheese ball being placed somewhere on the serving table. Now, I know this is not exactly [...]

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Remembrels

I wrote my first post here on October 19th, 2009 — “Dreams”. Seems like an unusual amount of chaos and disconnect and friendship and love and loss and complete and ultimate connectivity has taken place in the year since I hit the publish button for the first time. I remember sitting, trance-like, at my dining [...]

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A Year In The Life

Counter clockwise A simple shift…. a crow bar’s wrench to the left In the iris of your dark heart To make a space, a sliver…. an opening To actually see, touch and feel The light that is me. ~~~ Karen Schindler   I had a post all ready for the one year anniversary of my [...]

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“Waiting for Superman…”

Dear Superman (or Batman or Awesomeoneman or what ever you go by these days), Hi. I wanted to write you a letter and introduce myself. I’ve been following your exploits for a while. Although, I guess being a superhero, it isn’t really called exploits… more like your job. Anyway, I’ve been going through some rough [...]

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I Have a Blog You Know!

I love this blog. Make no mistake about it — I love this blog. But, still, I have posed a question to myself on many occasions — to blog or not to blog. I’ve discovered many things about having a blog and maintaining a blog and being a blogger and how all of that sounds [...]

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Constant Lessons

I distinctly remember recess in elementary school. The girls would all gather in groups and begin walking the perimeter of the basketball court or the kickball field or huddle around the teachers in case any errands needed to be run. I never hesitated to say goodbye to my girlfriends and head straight for the group [...]

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