Latest Reflections
Thanksgiving or Takesgiving?
[Note: This post from 2021 is repeated because it’s still relevant.] Thanksgiving? Or Takesgiving? It depends on your perspective. It depends on the story you tell yourself. If you tell yourself...
Googling Cherry Tomatoes
My mom has become convinced that cherry tomatoes are not real tomatoes, but some genetically manufactured fake. I told her they’re just a different variety. She blew me off. I didn’t understand it....
We Don’t Say What We Want
My brother Eric said he wanted to surprise his birth mother. He planned to knock on her door five to ten minutes after I got there. I didn’t know if a surprise visit was a good idea for a mother 82...
Meeting My Brother’s Birth Mother
On Sunday (today, if you are reading this on Sunday), I will visit my brother Eric’s birth mother. There are unnamable feelings, like an oil slick on water, or a Labrador of dog hair in my chest. I...
An Imaginary Conversation with My Father
There are things I know now that I didn’t know back when I was 15, when my father demanded that I justify my existence. For cleansing or healing or maybe just to get it out of my system, I imagined...
Lungs & The Compass
“Your lungs are your Achilles heel. Or one of them.” The message was from a friend. We had been discussing my current bronchitis, history of asthma, two bouts of Covid. I give myself credit for...
Got enough love?
When my husband died and other changes followed, The Love Bucket helped me figure out how to bring more love into my life. If you’d like an objective method to increase the level of love in your life, this guide is for you!
