A storm came through the other night. Things can move fast here. There’s one type of Florida storm that crops up in the afternoon, in the middle of a perfectly blue sky […]
This Is Just Another Storm
Mourning the Loss of a Woman I Should Never Have Met
Madiha was my step-mother-in-law—my husband’s father’s wife. My husband’s mother passed when he was 16, his sisters, much younger, needed care. Needed a mother. Madiha became my father-in-law’s second wife. Madiha passed […]
What Our Dreams Can Mean
One of the most satisfying dreams I ever had was incredibly violent. I was a teenager in my dream, leading my friends through a maze-like neighborhood, while a group of bullies followed […]
Congratulate me! I gave myself a promotion at home.
What Prince Harry and I have in common or how I got promoted to CIO of my home.
My 2020 Curriculum: Adulting 101
I should schedule days where I am a little girl and days of adulting.
What She Said, December 6: St. Teresa of Avila
It is love alone that gives worth to all things.
-St. Teresa of Avila
What She Said, December 5: Maria Shriver
What isn’t ever an illusion is love. Love is what we can count on. Love is what heals fear. Love is what calms anxious hearts and bodies and minds. Love is a gift each of us has to offer our fellow human beings -Maria Shriver
What She Said, December 4: Anne Lamott
Faith includes noticing the mess, the emptiness and discomfort, and letting it be there until some light returns.
-Anne Lamott
What She Said, December 3: Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Earth’s crammed with heaven And every common bush afire with God
– Elizabeth Barrett Browning
What She Said, December 2: Byron Katie
I am a lover of what is, not because I’m a spiritual person, but because it hurts when I argue with reality. -Byron Katie
The Gloria Sirens 