Firsts And Lasts

John’s senior year of high school has been bittersweet. It’s been full of firsts and lasts. Lasts for John. Firsts for all of us without Mike. Mike’s birthday, eight days after he died, was the first such event. It was so fresh, and John had a swim meet on that day so...

Mindfulness

On Monday I shared the cartoon at the right on FaceBook. It recalled much of my teaching in the Equine Gestalt Coaching MethodĀ® program. Melisa often said that horses are always in the present moment, always mindful and they help us be. Mindfulness means maintaining a...

Optimism

Even after watching for two hours as they stabilized Mike before taking us to the airport, I was sure everything would be fine. That’s how optimistic I am. I was talking to my BWEL Study coach last week and she asked me if I was optimistic. Well, funny you should ask...

Resilience

– the capacity to recover quickly from difficulties; toughness. I suppose I’ve always been resilient. I don’t remember many difficulties that I had to recover from as a child. One of the first memories I have of trauma is seeing my dog hit by a pickup when I was...

Winter

The last winter I remember being like this was the year I was pregnant with Roderick, he’s 25 years old now. That winter it started snowing in November and we had snow in places until May. I don’t remember it being quite so cold that winter, but it probably was. That...