Mar 24, 2021 | Reflections
Image: Nina Bisognani Sculpture by Gustav Vigeland, “Wheel of Life” series, Oslo, Norway Forgiveness One night I believe an angel came to me.She appeared as a blinding white light Hovering in the corner of the room.Just moments before, I had prayed, even...
Mar 18, 2021 | Reflections
Image: Barbara Ryther Simplicity What would it be like to simplify my spirit the way I’ve simplified my living space, my schedule, my daily routine?If I looked behind me, would I see a trail of discarded, tattered “shoulds” and “musts?”Piles of cast-off, frayed “could...
Mar 11, 2021 | Reflections
Image: Nina Bisognani Liminal Space Now. No longer here…Not yet there…Restless.Uncomfortable.Not my choice!I’m not in control!How can I live?Will I die? Then I hear it. In the quiet, a voice. Let go. Let me. I pause.I breathe.I do let go. The panic…the...
Mar 4, 2021 | Reflections
Sunflowers We buried our mother on Saturday. She was 69 years old. While we knew her illness would take her early, we were not prepared for it to take her soon. That is, if there really is any way to prepare oneself for a parent’s death. I watched my husband, brother,...
Feb 25, 2021 | Reflections
Image: Barbara Ryther The Journey This year I think I’ve given up enough To last at least a decade’s worth of Lent. And yet the calendar goes on. The journey asks: who are you now? Who are you called to be? Facing mortality, taking time to be quiet, Looking ahead in...
Feb 18, 2021 | Reflections
Image: Nina Bisognani Wishes If we were granted just one wish, we might choose to erase much of the past year: The year the virus called COVID entered our lives and brought us, weeping, to our knees. How easily it decimated the bodies of loved ones, tore families...