I began this blog in response to being a woman on my own and being addressed in many different situations as “only”. “Only one?, only you?, or only three?”- when with couple friends recently! ( https://oneisnotonly.blog/2015/08/ ) One is NOT only-one is powerful, one is unique, one is enough! One person can have a … More One is NOT ONLY Revisited
I have two bird feeders hanging on a large double hook in my back yard. I like to sit at my desk in my sunroom and watch them through the windows. Cardinals, blue jays, finches, tanagers, robins and even a wood pecker-a whole birdie community. I am in the process of doing a bird personality … More Lessons from Bird Watching
It has been a week of contrasts. Charlottesville-hatred, discord and violence. Solar Eclipse 2017-unity, anticipation and celebration! Both of these are part of who we are as people. I always have a choice in who I choose to be. A friend shared something that happened to her recently that gave me so much hope … More A Bouquet of Kindness and Hope
May a window of light always surprise you… This line from the John O’Donahue poem FOR SUFFERING came to mind as I drove to work this week. Every day I drive along the Clinch River and every day the view is different. The river often has a mist hovering over it in the morning … More Surprised by the Light…
I have been going to a story telling event the past few months in Nashville called Tenx9. Nine ordinary people get 10 minutes to go on stage and tell a true story from their life. The main g… Source: The Story We Tell
I have been going to a story telling event the past few months in Nashville called Tenx9. Nine ordinary people get 10 minutes to go on stage and tell a true story from their life. The main guidelines are that it has to be true and it happened to them. I have even told 2 … More The Story We Tell
Sometimes I feel about the holidays like I do about hard times in my life-I just want it to be over. I wrote a blog in May about how holidays expose the tender places in our hearts. I am certainly finding that true this holiday. I am trying to take my own words to heart … More For those we remember…
Sometimes you notice something in another person that makes you so angry or you think they are so ridiculous !!! -and then you realize the situation is really a huge mirror reflecting on your own life. My day started like that earlier this week. I was going into my office in the basketball arena which has several sets … More Reflection on Prayer
My family lost our matriarch this week-my Aunt Sue. Aunt Sue was my father’s sister. Their parents, Elsie and Burly Bradley, had three boys Ralph, Thelbert and Durward, followed by three girls-Sue, Shirley and Wanda. Aunt Sue was the fourth child and oldest girl. She was an incredibly strong women who loved the farm life … More COMFORT FROM STRANGERS
I was talking to an old friend yesterday that I have known since she was my roommate when I moved to Boston in my mid-twenties. We have not seen each other in over 25 years but re-connected several months ago. Thank you Facebook! She now has four children and I have three. We were discussing … More Holiday…Holy day
Best Friends for Sixty Years and Counting...
trauma, dissociation and embodiment
One is NOT Only 