Life is good and I am grateful
Many of us have experienced setbacks in our physical, emotional, psychological, and spiritual health. Physical accidents or illnesses, surviving alcoholic or drug-addicted parents (or our own addictions), surviving a verbally or physically abusive spouse… All of these things can impede our ability to live happy, healthy lives. It’s virtually impossible to move forward without healing, which involves identification of the injury and the appropriate treatment before restoration to normal health can be achieved. The big question is, “How do we do it?” That’s what this section is all about. With mindfulness and the right kind of assistance, each person can accomplish the specific healing that they need. Many times we only realize what that is when we’re in it, or when we’re done.
I just finished binge-watching “Station Eleven” on HBOMax. It was a weird but strangely compelling story. It jumped all over the globe and the timeline, but everything came together perfectly in the final episode. As the final credits were rolling, I realized that all stories are just one story: the…
I am 55 years old and I weigh 258 pounds. I weighed 107 when I was in high school and when I got pregnant with my daughter. During my pregnancy I topped out at 157 pounds and dropped to 125 pounds when I left the hospital after my daughter was…
I read this story on Humans of New York this morning and was reminded that this is similar to how I feel about my dad, now. Same sort of “monster” feeling when he was in the house when I was a child, for many of the same reasons. But I loved…
On June 8th, 2018, I fell off my bicycle and broke my leg into five pieces. My leg broke at a clean angle across the upper tibia and fibula, and my upper tibeal plateau broke into three triangular pieces. The break was so bad that when I was checked into…
I wish I had been able to play Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood for my daughter when she was a pre-schooler, but since I had to work and she was always at daycare during the show I was unable to do it. I wasn’t able to watch it myself, even though it…
I learned a LOT about forgiveness this year. The most important thing I learned is that forgiveness is a trick you play on yourself. Your resistance to forgiveness is usually rooted in not letting the other person get away with what he did to you. But the lesson is that…