Aging Gracefully

Whenever I see a flower and look carefully at it, noticing the brilliance and depth of the color deep in the center I think of a woman’s beauty. The superficial trappings of the world we live in, especially in our culture with all the beauty magazines everywhere, the...

Walking in Faith

It’s hard to have faith when everything is uncertain. But that is the way faith is grown. You don’t need faith when everything is fine, going your way. That’s not when faith is needed. Faith is something we might not be able to see or feel or smell or touch, but...

A Mother’s Love

In Buddhism they believe that we have had hundreds and even thousands of lifetimes, and so in at least one of those lifetimes we have all been a mother. In Buddhist philosophy there is no greater love than that of a mother for her child, nor almost any greater...

The Healing Power of Yoga

The word Yoga comes from the classical language of Sanskrit which is from India. Yoga literally means to “yoke;” or to integrate, join, unite. I believe yoga can have a different meaning for each person. What yoga means to me is freedom. Yoga saved my life. I was...

It Pays to Lighten Up!

I have been a pretty serious person my whole life. Most of the time I lived in survival mode due to the challenging circumstances of my life… some of which I talk about on my website. My Dad used to say to me, “You are a survivor.”  Great, that’s how I want to live my...