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 …

Cigarette Burned Gloves Remind Me

As we were out walking last weekend - my little family and I - lucky to be all bundled and padded, my girl let out her primal shriek of I HAVE BOOGIES! Which means I scramble to find something to wipe with, most times a kleenex or a burp cloth but today we were winging …

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 …