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“Where we stumble and fall is where we find pure gold.” Carl Jung My husband and I were talking the other night about life and winter with four kids, about parents in transition and crisis, about waiting on pins and needles and credit-cards for our much...
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“Come unto me, all you who are weary and heavy-laden, and I will give you rest.” – God I came into the retreat like our old cat Samson used to come into our house after a string of nights out on the town. Samson would just disappear and...
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“There is a castle on a cloud, I like to go there in my sleep . . . Nobody shouts or talks too loud, not in my castle on a cloud.” from Les Miserables Today is a headache day. It’s there from the moment I wake up – pressure in my forehead and sinuses...
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My daughter and I are back to school shopping. We sweep through the big red-framed doors into Target, into the coolness and light and open space that smells like newness and popcorn mingled together. We stop for a cart and I take off long-striding into the...