I think that the power of art is the power to wake us up, strike us to our depths, change us. – Jhumpa Lahiri The first time that I saw this sculpture by Ukranian artist Alexander Milo, it stopped me in my tracks. I immediately resonated with its simple, but...
I truly believe that everything happens for a reason. It would be nice if that meant you could count on everything that happens to you being positive. Unfortunately, life doesn’t work that way. I know some of my best lessons, and “nuggets”, have come from my...
I recently re-read a book I’ve read a couple of other times in my life. The first time in my mid-twenties, then again in my mid-thirties. It’s a novel about a father’s journey from bitterness and despair to acceptance and redemption after he suffered a horrible family...
We are living in a very ambiguous time. Our lives have experienced a major earthquake as we are confined to our homes by a disease that is described differently by every expert you read. Staying at home is necessary. Oops! No, it isn’t. Wear a mask when I am out. No,...
In the last key to R&R (Recovering from the records of the past that devalue our God given identity, and Restoring the truth about who we are) we Repent, or turn, from our old way of thinking. It takes time to break old cycles, but if we identify healthier...
As we continue to cope with the coronavirus, and states around the country begin re-opening, it is normal to have anxiety and/or fear during this time. There continues to be much unknown, such as when a vaccine will be available, when we can return to large...
