Help Is On Its Way

Keep your eyes, ears, and heart open. Help arrives at unexpected times from unexpected sources.

And then the Rabbit said “You are indestructible. Don’t you know that?”

This winter I found myself facing betrayal and the accompanying painful issues of abandonment.  Anyone who knows betrayal and abandonment knows that the emotions these events precipitate are absolutely staggering. There is loss and rejection. Bewilderment and confusion. Shock and numbness. Despair and grief. Longing and yearning. Denial, anger and shame. Self-blame and depression. You find yourself suddenly thrust [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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