It has been a week since my nest emptied again. This time I didn’t cry as I drove away from my younger son’s dorm as I left him for his senior year of college. I will miss Andrew a lot, but I am hopeful for him that this year will be something special and IContinue reading “Empty Nest Meditation”
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Tree Meditation
August 12, 2022 Trees have always been a centering, grounding force in my life. When I was 3, my parents bought a house in the City of Richmond on a mostly wooded quarter acre lot. I am certain all the years I played in those woods and hung out in my tree house contributed toContinue reading “Tree Meditation”
Radical Self-Care
July 22, 2022 This is not my first rodeo with stress. Each of my mindfulness practices, yoga, walking and journaling have come out of my past efforts to stay calm and centered in the midst of chaos. Right now, I am struggling to manage the details and fears associated with an upcoming surgery for aContinue reading “Radical Self-Care”
Where the Ocean Meets the Sky
July 14, 2022 My mother calls them thin places. My friend Susan talks about a yearning for wide-open spaces where you can see the sky in 360 degrees like she has been able to in Iceland. For me, any time I am in a place where the ocean meets the sky at the horizon, IContinue reading “Where the Ocean Meets the Sky”
Mindful Musings 