Crusade
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Watching my Mind.
What I learned about Meditation last night was that it wasn't about sitting still and having no thoughts, but to watch your thoughts. To "tame" the mind so to speak…although, I believe it is more about taming ourselves. She suggested… Continue reading
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Respect of nothing
"We can't give people what we don't have. Who we are matters immeasurably more than what we know or who we want to be." Brene Brown "The space between our practiced values (what we're actually doing, thinking, and feeling) and… Continue reading
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Culture of their Worlds
In writing a letter to the woman of the OLAC, I completely see how we see things differently and yet 'right' from our own points of view. It isn't that she sees it wrongly, but how right it seems shining… Continue reading
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Spring Gala Quilt 2013
I had the day off and my intention was to play with fabric to create a quilt for the Spring Gala for Dial-Help. I worked with a few different poses, and came up with this…. She will be auctioned off… Continue reading
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Abuse and the FALC.
The newspaper headlines speak of two more alleged rapes…two more victims whose lives are forever changed, 'allegedly'…who will remain guilty of asserting and professing being raped by this young man, while he remains innocent, until they prove him guilty. He… Continue reading
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Stand Against Abuse.
This Shame being the fear of being disconnected, changes the whole game about how I will look upon abuse and how silence is the unmoveable wall of stone, that I can't seem to move….it isn't about sharing evil deeds, IT… Continue reading
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Vulnerability is a strength
It is interesting to me to have the visit with the woman of the Old Apostolic Church dovetail with the reading of the book by Brene Brown, "Daring Greatly"….the two can't be more unalike! What would be daring greatly within… Continue reading
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Breeding Evil.
"Faith, minus mystery and uncertainty, equals extremism." Brene Brown I was raised in a religion that was certain of many things and never flirted with uncertainty… They knew for instance what sins were and what would stop you from entering… Continue reading
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Overlooked abuse.
I know there is a collective notion that I am bashing churches, that I have it out for my old church and others that believe in similar fashion, that I am hell bent on trashing these kind loving souls…that I… Continue reading
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Loving Spirit of a Child.
The conundrum of abuse is that the pedophile can't stop and the victim can't speak…neither can nor will change its pattern. Fear holds one at bay while addiction grasps the other, around and around they go, spewing forth their… Continue reading