Change
Acceptance, Change, Family, Living Fully
ON SMALL, SEISMIC SHIFTS
As I wrote the title for today’s post, I thought back to the title of Grace Paley‘s story collection, Enormous Changes at the Last Minute. One of the great titles ever. Do enormous changes ever come upon us in any way, other than the last minute? We apply ourselves each day. We show up. We practice our craft. We love the people we love. We try to be good friends. To be kind. Compassionate. We soften into life, like velveteen rabbits. And then… Read More
Change, Connection, Emotions, Family
Parents rarely let go of their children, so children let go of them. They move on. They move away. The moments that used to define them are covered by moments of their own accomplishments. It is not until much later, that children understand; their stories and all their accomplishments, sit atop the stories of their mothers and fathers, stones upon stones, beneath the water of their lives.
Addictions, Change, Goals, Health
DEVIL IN A WHITE DRESS
When one thinks of white powdery addictive substances the first thing that comes to mind is cocaine. And without question it fits the bill. But it is far from most lethal, highly addictive, widely ingested white, powdery substance around. That would be sugar. Yes, the number one devil in a white dress is that sweet tasting, seemingly banal though highly addictive sugar, and its relatives, fructose, corn syrup and the rest of the sweeteners we seemingly cannot live without. America’s… Read More
Change, Emotions, Letting Go, Longing
GOLDEN CRUMBS
Many years ago I had a friend named George. George had been through a lot of therapy. It was before most people had. He was full of ideas and theories. And despite his own life being a bit askew he always had a cure for yours. Sometimes you just had to let it go in one ear and out the other. And there were other times where George was the conveyor of some true wisdom. I remember once when… Read More