When I arrived to spend the last few days of my Grandma’s life with her, I had one question I so terribly wanted to know. I wanted to ask her when I was with her at Thanksgiving and Christmas but either the timing or my audacity had not aligned. With time drawing near, I knew […]
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The Messenger Angel
This story rewinds life approximately 18 months to another morning of prayer and meditation, the way I begin each day. I find direction and guidance in creating an open spiritual space to receive something other than the 60,000 thoughts the brain likes to fire off every single day. But this meditation was different… there was […]
Toot Your Own Horn
Today we laid to rest my grandfather who preferred to be addressed as Gramps. Gramps had a bit of a rough start to life, and his parents weren’t confident he would survive very long after birth. His resilience was palpable and what unfolded was an incredibly full life of 96 years and 47 days between […]