Emotional First Aid
This is such a complex world we live in now, isn’t it? So much going on, so little time to rest and recover. Seems as if we spend most...
Emotional First Aid Checklist
Just received shocking news? Had a near-miss—or worse—on the road, or a very tough personal interaction? Here are some simple things...
To Give and To Receive
It snowed last night and this morning. Now the sun’s come out, turning my lawn and flowerbeds to drifts of cold, cold diamonds. That...
Transition
“Pat, you’re in transition,” said my husband George. Those four words were one of his greatest gifts to me—apart from our two children,...
Garden Harvest
Putting my garden to bed each fall is an undeniably daunting task. I currently have nineteen good-sized perennial flower beds, separated...
Filling Up the Heart
September is the mind’s time. The heart-surge of spring’s enthusiasm is long gone; the body’s summer lazing time is over. Time to get...
Slack Tide
As I write these words it is Saturday morning, and it is summer, and the sun is shining. So why am I in front of my keyboard? Because...
Hailstorms and Bridges
This has been a hailstorm year in Northern Colorado: my much-beloved perennials have been stripped, torn and battered three times so...
Building
This morning the tag on my teabag advised me, “Let your energy be used to build, not to destroy.” And that brought back a memory… When...
Assumptions
Last week my dear 2009 Subaru “Maggie” underwent major surgery, conducted by our local dealership. Beth and I have found these folks to...
