In the emergency room, one of the first things they ask you is to rate your pain, from 1 to 10. The problem with that can be that my 10 is your 1 or…vice versa, and it’s difficult to ever really know if we’re communicating our pain level. I’ve learned something recently……pain can be a …
I am a deer. Soft and gentle; but alert, focused, highly sensitive to every snap of a twig and nuance of change in my surroundings. I have been gifted with discernment and it has served me well. I can take the “temperature” in any situation I find myself in. I can be tranquil; playful in …
My dad’s first remark, when they told him “it’s a girl” was a disappointed…”ohhhhh…”. The wife of one of my parents’ friends quickly chided him with “Don’t you dare go in that hospital room and say that, Chuck!” He has relished telling that story many times over the years and has always finished it with, …
I sit here in my 150 year old house in a small town on, quite literally, Main Street. The air outside is cool and humid. I know because I just opened the door to check. A car drives by in the deserted darkness and I wonder where it’s going and I wonder if they wonder why …
On Mother’s Day, I was standing in front of the mirror, watching myself as I put in my earrings. My 13 year old called out from the other room “Oh mom, I wrote on your wall this morning! Don’t forget to read it”. It struck me what a different world she and I grew up …