One of my high school friends, reconnected after a long drifting apart, told me that his mother, when she finally let go of her senses, found a peace with life and a friendliness that she certainly never had when she was younger. It was as if, he said, she forgot to be that person that …
I have been thinking a lot lately about strategic, tactical, and executionary. Strategic being the destination and the values that accompany you on the journey. Tactical being the map that leads you t that destination. And executionary being the actual steps you take on the journey. This is coming up for me in several ways. …
Each evening, after work, my husband yells at his mom for an hour. My mother-in-law is over 90 years old and has gradually increased her inactivity over the last 10 years until she has reached the point where she can’t get out of chair easily or walk – even with her walker – or use …
I’ve been meditating a lot recently on attachment and the sorrow that comes from the loss of something you’re attached to. If you’ve been reading for awhile, you may know that the last couple of years have been a period of big change for me. I left the job where I had worked for 31 …
Over Labor Day weekend, my husband and I drove to Pittsburgh to help his parents unpack their boxes from Florida. People asked me why I was doing this, when I had just given them a week of time, helping them move from Florida in the first place. I did it because it needed doing. My …
