This is a blog by a wife, mother, physician, seminarian, consummate journaler and deep-thinker, that turned into a cancer blog (that may one day turn back into a regular blog). To learn more and see suggestions for where to start, click on the “about” link to the left. Welcome!
All in life practice
a reflection on the contradictions of the Christmas experience and what they show us about where we find our joy
practices for gratitude, and how the Bible calls us beyond that to attribution
distinguishing between good-tired and dangerous-tired, and learning what it may tell us
five things that help me dissipate bad moods instead of displacing them on others
the difference between sympathy, pity, and empathy, and what it means to understand the felt experience of others
how to formulate a mission and vision statement and define core values for your family
the difference between thankfulness and thanksgiving, and the tiny theophanies all around us
what happens when we begin to experience time quantitatively rather than qualitatively
