Category: Reflections
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Borrowing Their Eyes
Raising a teenager has its challenges, but sometimes all it takes is seeing the world through their eyes. A trip to the U.S. Air Force Museum reminded me what can happen when we pay attention to what makes someone come alive.
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Apparently, I Travel With an Entourage
Sometimes Spirit shows up in the most ordinary moments, bringing a little levity, a little love, and apparently, a train full of little guys who require a fairly wide turning radius.
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The Little Girl Who Couldn’t Forgive Herself
A little girl believed one childhood mistake made her unworthy of peace. What unfolded reminded me that shame often tells the loudest lies… and compassion is what finally sets us free.
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Apparently Healing Isn’t a Graduation Ceremony
I was fully expecting a graduation ceremony after all this healing work. Turns out there is no diploma, no gold star, and no official announcement that you’ve finally arrived. There is, however, coffee on the porch, a judgmental cat, and the surprising discovery that nothing collapses when you take an afternoon off.
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The Day the Horses Chose Freedom
What started as a quiet morning by the river in Amish country turned into helping two loose horses find their way home—and a reminder that even small acts can make a difference.
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Apparently, School Buses Are Easy to Miss
A siren, a windstorm, and a story that should have made sense. Until I found myself asking the only question that mattered – how do you back into a big yellow school bus?
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Chaos, Car Keys, and Clarity
Sometimes it’s not one big moment – it’s the slow stacking of small things that finally brings clarity. This week was a lesson in friction, boundaries, and learning when “good work” isn’t enough to outweigh the experience.
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Breakdown in the Wild Forest
On one of those rare spring days when the sun made forty degrees feel generous, we set out for a drive to nowhere—and ended up stranded in the Wild Forest with popcorn, no tow truck, and an unexpected lesson in trust.
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Because of Course It Did
We had a plan. The weather didn’t agree. Somewhere between snow, a dented fender, and a hidden pair of boots, something shifted.
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Perfect Human — Failed
Imperfect Human — Nailed ItI didn’t get it right the first time. I hesitated, stayed quiet, and let fear make the call. But somewhere in the unraveling, I found my way back—and that’s where it finally mattered.
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This Counts
I recently realized I’ve been meditating my entire life — just not in a way anyone would have recognized. A quiet realization about walking, mountains, wandering thoughts, and discovering that meditation might simply be the moment when nothing needs fixing.
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Clearing Space, Making Space (Without Setting the House on Fire)
It’s easy to talk about peace and alignment until they mess with your spreadsheet. Letting a client go wasn’t dramatic. It was a quiet realization about friction, capacity, and what becomes possible when you stop rushing to fill the space.
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Please Follow the Colored Lines
An ambulance ride, upside-down hospital maps, a confiscated crystal ball, and miles of hallways later — a night we won’t forget.
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Snow Fez Hats and Forgotten Phones
I forgot my phone. The snow danced across the road like glitter. Deer played “Frogger”. And for once, the world didn’t ask me to do anything at all.
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When the “Haunted House” Ghost Came to Me
The “haunted house” ghost in our town wasn’t terrifying — just stubborn, heartbroken, and convinced he’d been barred from heaven. This is the story of what happened when he showed up asking me to evict the humans from “his” house.
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☕✨ A Cup of Tea, a Blog Link, and a Whole Lot of Missing the Point
“I sent a simple, friendly email… and what I got back was a spiritual monologue that missed the point entirely. Here’s the lesson (and the levity) I found in it.”