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Reflection #29 Room to Breathe
Star in my window Reflection #29 Room to Breathe This season in life opens a spaciousnessI hadn’t known I longed for—time to turn toward myselfwith...
Reflection #29 It Is Enough
Photo by Pascal Debrunner on Unsplash Beginning Again Reflection #29 It is Enough These days I look backwith a quieter mind,with curiosity and wonder. What...
Reflection #29 An Unexpected Friendship
First Snow Beginning Again - An Unexpected Friendship I’d like to share a poem with you — one written by a very talented woman and poet, Betty Anne Galloway,...
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Reflection # 28 Two Kinds of Friends
Beginning Again Two Kinds of Friends Reflection # 28 Two Kinds of FriendsI’ve come to thinkthere are two kinds of friends.The first are travelers—companions...
Reflection # 27 Friendship
Friends: 95 & 96 Years Young #26 Friendship In later life,we come to seewhat friendship truly means— a quiet harbor,a resting placefor the tender, unspoken...
Reflection #26 Moving Forward
Summer’s last Dahlias Beginning Again: Reflection #26Moving Forward Whether on the firstor tenth draft of our life,the task remains—to keep moving forward....
Reflection #25 Taking Inventory
Photo by Meg Jenson on Unsplash I’m taking inventory—a gentle reckoningwith the person I’ve beenand the one I am becoming. Bit by bit,truth reveals...
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Reflection #24 Still Becoming
Carnegie Museum of Art Beginning Again Reflection #24 Still Becoming “Today is the oldest we have ever been,and the youngest we will ever be again.” Time...
Reflection #23 A fall
Photo by Mathias Reding on Unsplash Beginning Again Reflection #23 A fall A fall startles us,reminding us—we are not who we once were. The body speaks...
Reflection #22: Changes
Beginning Again - Reflection #22: Changes Changes, I’ve learnedarrive in many ways—sometimes sudden,sometimes chosen,sometimes without ceremony. At first, it...
Reflection #21: Walk Out of the Room
Beginning Again Photo by Dasha Yukhymyuk on Unsplash Reflection #21: Walk Out of the Room How freeing it is… to stand in my own truthto know I hold the...
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Refection #20 New Season
Beginning Again Refection #20: New Season In this new season of lifeI sit with old wisdom—gentle, steady,reminding me not to condemnmyself or others. I...
Relection #18 Our Better Selves
Beginning Again It was my birthday! Reflection #18 Our Better Selves Now, not later,I pause—I ask: Do I love enough?Do I marvel at others?Do I let joy risein...
Reflection #17 Letting Go
Pittsburgh Botanic Garden Letting Go Some things vanish in a breath—a house,a box of letters,a blanket worn smooth by love. Some we surrender slowly,the hand...
Reflection #16 People in My Life
Photo by Andrew Amelianovich on Unsplash Reflection #16 People in My Life Through the seasons of my lifepeople have drifted in,walked alongside me,and...
Reflection #14 Outlook on Aging
Reflection #14 – Outlook on Aging Aging begins in the spirit,our outlook shaping our path—how we feel,how we heal,how we rise to meet the day. With models of...