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My Independence Day: July 1st.
One year ago today, July 1st, 2014, my former husband walked out of the family vacation and out of our marriage for good. It was the fourth time he had walked out & the first time that I did not take him back. Once I got over the shock of him abandoning his...
Define Yourself on Your Own Terms
Learning how to define ourselves not in reference to others is, I believe, a fundamental life skill. Doing things because they are right for you and not because you feel you ought to because your parents, partner, sibling told you to or did it themselves. It’s too...
From There to Here: My Birthday Review
Friday I turned 39. My life has changed dramatically in the last year. A year ago, I was living in a very unhappy marriage, trying to keep it all together for my children's sake, but increasingly realizing that I was not happy, deep within myself. Now I'm separated -...
No Expectations
I went to see the Rolling Stones on Saturday night. I have loved the Rolling Stones since my dad first played the Let it Bleed LP when I was an elementary student. Much of my teen years were characterized by the double CD that lived in my CD player - Rolling Stones,...
Traveling as a Metaphor for Life: Planner or Free-Flow-er?
I just got back from a short trip to Europe. We had never traveled together before and were not sure how we would blend – were we planners or go-with-the-flow-ers? Stressees or managers of the unexpected delays/flight cancellations/wrongly boarded express trains...
What Nourishes You?
I hosted a pot-luck at my house on Sunday (US Mother’s Day). My friends are diverse, like my taste in music: from Beethoven, to Calvin Harris, alt-j to the Sound of Music soundtrack, Carlos Jones to Prince, the Stones to Michael Calfan, my friends range from native...
When Do You Follow the Rhythm of Others or Create Your Own?
I was walking my dog on Saturday morning and the 72F sunshine crept up on me, so I tied my sweatshirt around my waist. After about a block, the pocket in my sweatshirt, with my keys in it, started to swing from left to right. It was annoying because it was dragging...
Stand Your Ground
I wavered about going to yoga monday morning. As many of you who have a consistent practice know, you never regret going to yoga. And this monday was the same. The class was restorative, which I was not in the mood for - and the class was small, which meant...
Compassion for the Hardest Recipient
This past sunday I spent the morning at my local Buddhist Center. I set up the altar, put on a pot of coffee, arranged the meditation cushions and dug out the mugs and tea bags (and was then corrected for my mis-alignment of the seven bowls on the altar and the...
Is it Real if I Don’t Record it?
I am really interested in this phenomena that I am noticing around the issue of recording and sharing experiences. There seems to be a real need to record all events in one’s life - and I definitely fall prey to this: I have found myself narrating my experience in my...
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