The Dance of the Empty Chairs

The Dance of the Empty Chairs

by | Nov 28, 2017 | spirituality

Four years ago, my snapshot of family changed forever. The comfortable and familiar were snatched out from underneath my feet like a magician pulling a tablecloth away from the table decorations in one fell swoop. This marked the beginning of the dance of the empty...
An Accounting of our Hearts

An Accounting of our Hearts

by | Dec 20, 2016 | spirituality

We have reached the final week before Christmas. Hopefully your stockings have been hung by the chimney with care and you have decked the halls with boughs of holly. Even so, there are many of us that are still in the midst of last minute preparations such as wrapping...
Dear Teacher

Dear Teacher

by | May 12, 2015 | spirituality

Dear Teacher, In a few short weeks I am moving onto a new and unknown future – retirement. I am taking a step forward while at the same time glancing back over my shoulder at all I am leaving behind. The reflections of 100s of students, colleagues who shaped my...

Five Minute Friday-Change

by | Aug 21, 2014 | spirituality

And so – we write for five minutes, our words tumbling out – no editing, no polishing – just flat out on a one word prompt! We gather all our beautiful thoughts here in our Five Minute Friday community and then love on each other as only we can do!...

Why Words Matter-A Third Grader’s Perspective

by | Jul 28, 2014 | spirituality

It was a beautiful, sunny Monday morning – the kind of day that seemed to dare any sadness to enter into its space. But sadness crept in anyway and blanketed a church on a hill as one family came to put to rest one of their own. I was there that Monday morning...

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