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One of my favorite blog posts was the one last February on the breastfeeding moms and their school aged breastfeeding kids. Yup, you can read it again by clicking here. One reason I enjoyed writing that so much was that it brought me one of … Read More
December 2, 2015 Last spring on a visit to my grandchildren in Ohio, I had occasion to talk to my eight-year-old granddaughter Kendall about “First World Problems.” Have you heard the term? I had thought it was an idea originating … Read More
This was to be a blog with no words. Merril D Smith’s blog on Monday, Still Life, got me started. She opened with this quote: “This will be our reply to violence: to make music more intensely, more … Read More
The Gestalt Prayer, penned in 1969 by the granddaddy of Gestalt Therapy, Fritz Perls, floated in psychotherapy circles for many years. Some embraced it as a necessary reality; others shunned it as harsh. I won’t give you the details … Read More
#1 Sometimes, we have to forge our own path. Remember Gillian? We met her back at Lesson #10, Sometimes, when you try to follow the blazes, it ends in disaster. Sometimes, we have to break the “rules,” follow our own … Read More
#2 Sometimes, we just need to follow the rules. Rules make life simple. That’s their upside and their downside. Rules take the decision-making responsibility away from us. In some cases, they remove that sense of personal responsibility … Read More
#3 Seen in the distance, problems sometimes appear larger and more ominous. But as we move closer, the solution appears. I’m tempted to quote the “One Step at a Time” adage, but this is different. The lesson in this one … Read More
#4 Sometimes, when we think we’re in it alone, it’s good to remember that others have gone before. I wondered, as I climbed these steps, who had laid them? How long had it taken? Was it a large group? Did … Read More
#5 Sometimes, it doesn’t matter which way we go. So, I’m trekking down the path, carefully placing my foot so I don’t twist my ankle on the rocks, and taking care to keep an eye on … Read More