Everyone Thinks They Are Failing at Something

Don't let anybody fool you.  What you see on the outside is often altogether misleading. My friend Sheila wrote this great piece last week - Me and My Elmo Feet  - talking about perception vs reality.  What it means to be a grown up and that she is, after all, a grown up (and a lovely one …

Grant Each Other the Grace to Feel All the Feelings

My back hurts. My heart longs. My brain aches.  I can't remember shit. My eyes are getting worse each day. My knees are starting to ache. My belly has given up. I fret about money. I worry about cruelty in this world for ALL our kids and animals.  Including all of us adult kids and …

Being a Human is Hard – The Golden Rule is SO SIMPLE

It seems as if the world is becoming more cruel every day.  As though people now feel entitled to say and act on the hateful things they've been keeping in before.  Hidden.  Because we see it every day in the news now doesn't mean it hasn't always been happening, it's just more exposed now. It's …