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This Too Shall Pass, right?

Published by admin on April 9, 2018 | 3 Responses

“Sunset doesn’t last all evening, a mind can blow those clouds away” Credit: George Harrison “All Things Must Pass” 1970 How long does grief last? How do you know when it ends? Is there some sort of epiphany and emotional release or is it more subtle? And, if it is subtle…how does that feel and […]

Posted in acceptance, appreciation, emotions, family, friends, gratitude, grief, hospice, losing friends, love, parents | Tagged family, gratitude, grief, grieving, loss, recovery

Every Moment Matters

Published by admin on July 12, 2016 | Leave a response

“Enjoy the Little things in life, because one day you will look back, and realize they were the Big things.” Kurt Vonnegut I stayed home one night last week. I built a glorious, blazing fire in the backyard chiminea, and petted my wonderful dog. Not exactly unusual activities for me or many others, I […]

Posted in appreciation, beauty, blessings, dogs, emotions, family, friends, gratitude, Harvey the Wonder Dog, laughter, love, stress management | Tagged #gratitude #mindfulness #friends #family #health

2012-The Year of Yin and Yang

Published by admin on December 31, 2012 | 1 Response

” Don’t let the bastards get you down, Lisë!” I can still hear my father’s words earlier this year. He’s right, of course, as he is so very often.Those words fell upon my newly-numb ears. I, along with dozens of my colleagues, had just been told that we were out of work. Jobs that most […]

Posted in family, friends, gratitude, optimism, unemployment, yin and yang

Remembering Mike………

Published by admin on June 27, 2010 | 6 Responses

He woke up and asked for ravioli. Just opened his eyes, sat up, and asked the nurse at Stanford Hospital to bring him ravioli. He loved Italian food. This, after a surgery two days prior that did not go at all as planned by the doctors. It took seven hours instead of three, was not […]

Posted in friends, friendship, J. Michael Kennedy, losing friends, love of animals., Mike Kennedy

Family, Friends and all things important….

Published by admin on April 21, 2010 | Leave a response

I bought a bunch of flowers today. They weren’t anything special or exotic. Just a simple bunch of pink tulips. Grocery store flowers. Pretty, but not captivating. Not a ‘must-have’ item. They weren’t on the grocery list. They certainly were not in the budget. It felt a little bit frivolous and unnecessary and like a […]

Posted in blessings, cancer, family, friends, gratitude, love, prayer