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How many lifetimes can you live in one earthly life? MANY! How much can evolve in fifteen years of marriage? A LOT! May 1, 2011 Jim and I married. May 1, 2026 Happy Anniversary to us! Gratitude overflows. This journey of love and life and the continual evolution of our spiritual growth, individually and together, is a beautiful gift. I could write pages and pages (and I have over the years) about relationship and about the man with many names. ZenMan. Papa. Dad. For me,

I wrote this poem-ish thing a few years back. It popped into my awareness again this week, so perhaps that's a nudge to share it again here. I say a prayer for today That all is calm all is well That peace within is not just on a Sunday That goodwill toward all men is not just a holiday season I say a prayer for today That we all feel the courage to be kind To find compassion That empathy speaks louder than words I say a prayer for today That we open ourselves to our cr

In addition to the welcome of Spring, the fun facts on my Snapple lids brought me joy this week. · Fish cough · Mangoes have noses · It is illegal in New Zealand to name twin babies “Fish” and “Chips” I used to think up silly twin names. Zig and Zag. Lucky and Charm. Rough and Tumble. But alas, no duo babes for me. My sons are 19 months apart so many thought they were twins when they were little -- and yes, I often dressed them alike. They have very norm

What brings YOU joy? I am realizing deeper and deeper and deeper, that joy is the anchor, the guidepost, the constant course-corrector, the pull, the push, the tether, the beacon. Joy is the knowing, the voice within. The indicator that you connected to the eternal flame of you. We are wired to find our flame and fan our flame, but sometimes it seems so out of reach. Or frivolous or even wrong to think about joy. But it’s not. Maybe you feel adrift or on edge. Or perhap