Notes on Mourning
As I write this, Tom and his crew from T & J’s Excavating are taking down half a dozen oak trees that were uprooted or otherwise destroyed during several recent storms. The chainsaw sounds like a dentist’s drill, we can feel the earth shaking when an enormous bough or trunk comes plummeting to the earth. […]
Notes on Gratitude
Gratitude, indeed Gratitude, like other positive emotions, can serve as an antidote to despair, unforgiveness, grief, and other difficult (and important) emotions. With my family, my patients, and my clients (not to mention myself), I encourage the positive emotion of gratitude. Felt deeply and genuinely, gratitude can be remarkably healing. Most of us have heard […]
Grace notes
I made a mistake. An expensive and inconvenient mistake. Wanting to be with my husband and our daughters over Christmas, I reserved a place for us to go up north for a couple of days over the holiday. I was looking forward to some time to play out our traditions. With our beloved dog, Daisy. […]