learning

  • “Called Out of Darkness,” a Spiritual Confession by Ann Rice

     …was playing in my Mail Jeep today. It is a very interesting journey, from being a Catholic, to Atheist to…not sure, not done with the book.  It was very interesting to see her viewpoint of religion and really life itself.… Continue reading

  • Wanting me to disappear.

    I found it interesting that my mother’s voice still echoes in my head, that it rings out loud and clear each and every time I veer off her well-beaten path, my fear of disappointing her screams louder than the thrill… Continue reading

  • Island of Love, Peace and Joy.

    Today while writing my Morning Pages, I wrote that I am feeling more like a self I recognize. A self who feels normal being estranged from her family, that I no longer feel so odd to myself, this new me… Continue reading

  • Mold in sight.

    What I didn’t know about writing is that you are supposed to have a plan first, a graph, a map, an idea, an outline, something for the words to fall into, that you don’t just stand there empty handed and… Continue reading

  • Fully Engrossed in Her Life.

    “There are three kinds of business in this world, Yours, Mine and God’s. If I am in your business, it leaves no one is in mine…” Byron Kate. When you have children it seems that our business is their business… Continue reading

  • The Artist Way

    On the CD of “Romancing the Ordinary” by Sara Ban Breathnach, she mentions Julia Cameron a few times. She is the author of the book, “The Artist Way”. My brother sent me the book and notebook that went along with… Continue reading

  • Meant to be.

    Motherhood begins in childhood, and womanhood starts there as well. The essence of who we are as a woman will directly relate to what kind of mother we are. There is no separation between woman and mother; the two are… Continue reading

  • In the Ditches of Life.

    Promises and commitments seem to only have real power when they are used for self, when they are used for others we become their slave. I want my daughter’s decision and commitment to be for her self and not for… Continue reading

  • Growing Me.

    There is another word that has screwed up more people than being perfect, and that is being normal. What is normal? Can you spot a normal person in a lineup? Inside of us isn’t there a specifically designed normal for… Continue reading

  • The Limits of My Self.

    What I am learning as I go along, is that there are people I will agree with, people I will be drawn to, and others that will stir up my strong held beliefs, it seems that the ones that frustrate… Continue reading