The Inner Journey Continues With An Old Birdhouse, a Little Bird and a Portal

A little bird told me to have faith, believe, and be positive.
 
It happened yesterday morning when I was rushing around the house getting ready for my day. Out of the corner of my eye, I saw a flutter, and there she was. A sweet little bird atop an old, battered birdhouse that I had [...]

A Mid-Life Transition, a Rabbit, and Some Crows

The other day, as I was cleaning up my workroom, I saw a huge flash of BLACK out of the corner of my eye through the patio doors from the backyard. As I turned to look, I saw a second flash of BLACK. This one was even wider than the first.
The flashes of black were [...]

A Mid-Life Transition and a Rabbit

When I first got married many years ago I lived in a 100-year-old farm house. It was the kind of house that had intense character and charm. By this I mean it had no closets at all, not one, and the basement had a dirt floor. The floors were crooked and none of the doors [...]

An Inner Journey After the Storm

It was a wild Friday night here in Chicago! Severe thunderstorms, lightning shows across the sky, torrential downpours, trees and powerlines down, flooding and roads closed. As if that wasn’t bad enough, next came tornado warnings, sirens blowing, fire engines and squad cars plus many stalled cars amidst trees whipping in the wind.
When I woke on Saturday [...]

After Divorce A Little Bird Told Me: Encourage One Another

Encourage one another and build each other up. Recently I had the occasion to witness both a tragic yet uplifting example of this Bible verse from I Thessalonians in action right outside the front door of my ex-husband’s home.  I had escorted him to the hospital earlier that morning and had just dropped him off at home [...]