pain

  • Wants to see.

    My mother leaves a message on my daughter’s cell phone, wanting a recent picture of me, asking her for 4 or 5 of them. What??? Saying on the message, “she is still my daughter and I love her,” like that… Continue reading

  • Thank you.

    As I sit here on Thanksgiving morning, I look back at this year and find so many moments of gratitude, it seems I had a year full. My moments of gratitude are interrupted with moments of sheer pain, frustration, sorrow,… Continue reading

  • A Willing Witness

    “…grateful for your willingness to witness our loss” is part of a sentence I read on Facebook tonight, which struck me as odd that there are two kinds of witnesses.   I never thought that there could be willing witnesses… Continue reading

  • What I Mirrored.

    Continuing on from “Codependent No More” by Melody Beatte, she writes.   “Gradually, I began to climb out of my black abyss.  Along the way, I developed a passionate interest in the subject of codependency.  As a counselor (although I… Continue reading

  • Testimonial for Bikram Yoga Dallas

    Karen calls me her Remote Student, because I live hundreds of miles from a Bikram yoga studio, and without stepping into a Studio, I have completed the 60-day Bikram challenge.   My remote studio is my basement.   There isn’t… Continue reading

  • A Hoarder of Pain and Discomfort!

    “When we accept all of life’s contradictions, when we can comfortably flow between the banks of pleasure and pain, experiencing them both while getting stuck in neither, then we are free.”   Deepak Chopra   Below is from “The Presence Process”… Continue reading