Examples of an Imperfect woman
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Deviating from What is Standard.
Our training last night was so revealing to me on so many levels. We do role playing on the phones. Meaning, a person is the caller and we are the liners (on the crisis line) and we then get… Continue reading
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Standing on Nothing.
I thought there was a strip of land between true and not true. A place where folks could agree with me, but not like in total agreement. Sorta like a path in the zoo, where you are not in… Continue reading
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What is it Reflecting?
In Oprah's magazine, she interviews Deepak Chopra and she asks, Oprah: "What is that essence? In every conversation I've had with housewives,in Mumbai, with middle-class people, upper-class, in the slums – everyone says there is an underlying consciousnes of karma.… Continue reading
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The pain between us.
In writing the post for Mother's Day, I felt or seen the completed picture of what might have been, had I continued in being a 'kinder' daughter. We think of the legacy of abuse as handing down repeated behaviors… Continue reading
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Face Her Own Truth
Mother's Day always comes with a cocktail of emotions. I feel the estrangement to my own mother and the void of being an adult child outside of that relationship, with the juxtaposition of being in changing relationships with my children.… Continue reading
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Just be Me.
Last night I had my second class of Volunteer Training at Dial Help. We went over different types of individuals who are part of the human population that have been labeled "different" and seem to be chosen unconsciously by the… Continue reading
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Arrived at a New Place
Well, the day finally arrived. With some trepidation or perhaps curosity in how it would all go, I walked into the Sweet Water Cafe, with a carpet roll of quilts. A group of Weavers, were in the process of taking… Continue reading
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I Love Us Together, Today.
As I sit here in our home on our 25th Wedding Anniversary, I wondered what has been the key, the glue and the formula that has kept both of us together. I know for sure it hasn't been the romantic… Continue reading
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All Her Stages!
I found the black,white, red border fabric and was very drawn to it. I then picked a few more that would accent it nicely…and added a few from my stash. When I completed the stripes, I brought it upstairs and… Continue reading
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My Journey in Fabric.
I had to go and hang up the Storyline quilts….and with a cursory glance to get them in order, I was totally amazed…and this is without their personal one on one time with me. Wow. (I know it sounds odd… Continue reading
