Did Mr. G. Have Kids?
Your children are not your children. They are the sons and daughters of life’s longing for itself. They come through you but not from you, and though they are with you, yet they belong not to you. You may give […]
Month: August 2011
And I Will Still Read To Myself
When I Grow Up I will get married and have 11 kids and my husband will look cute and he will stay home when I go to work. He will go to work when I have the day off. I […]
A Life Of My Own
After all these years, I still get the itch, right about now, to set up my classroom. It can’t be helped; it’s in my fat cells. The urge to staple red and orange leaves to the bulletin board, sharpen a fistful […]
The Trap Of Thinking
Almost everything: all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure. These things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important. Remembering that you are going to die is the best way […]
Riding Life
I woke after having a dream where a huge, curling wave was heading for the beach. Someone said, “The ferry we’re getting on has to go through that.” Oh. It is the proverbial calm before the storm. The air, eerily still. Nothing […]
B WOT UR
A Friday message: B WOT UR B WHO UR LIV 4 2DAY THANKS, VIRGINIA!
Go Forward
In the mix of the electric bill, bank statement, and a whole bunch of junk mail that comes for Dad, there was a letter for me. A lovely letter decorated on the outside with words like magnificent and adoring and here […]
Only Moms Can Do That
Let’s all gather at the river the beautiful, beautiful river… This snippet of hymn is running circles round my head; memories of my large, boisterous family, belting this baby out, as much as the Presbyterians of my childhood belted. Actually, […]
Not Quite Home Yet
I slipped away over the weekend to get Claire, my traveling daughter, who’s been to one end of the country… LA/San Diego for two and 1/2 weeks- home for one day, then promptly out to the very tip of Long Island […]
Go To Your Belly
Go to your belly… When facing a decision today, be it small or large, pause first to pay attention to what you feel in your belly. This “second brain” will never lead you astray. – from A Year of Living […]