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...
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Reflection #13 My Body, My Self
Reflection #14 – My Physical Self They say age is just a number—it’s not how many years,but how we’ve spent them. Do I dance in the kitchen?Say no to potato...
Reflection # 12. My Intention
Beginning Again: Reflection # 12. My Intention I have seen it—the quiet light in others,a steady presencerooted in purpose. I’ve seen that inner...
Reflection #11 A Sacred Space
Beginning Again Reflection #11 A Sacred Space Now, the titles are gone,the calendar is mine to shape,I stand at the edge of a quiet, vast beginning—not a...
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Reflection # 10: This Barren Place
Beginning Again: This Barren Place In this barren placeI pause, not in retreatbut in readiness. From dreams stored in quiet corners,I begin again—not to fill...
Reflection #8 Identity Lost and Found
Retirement came—not as an end,but as a hushbefore a new beginning. The titles faded,but not the lessons.The role dissolved,but not the soul. A part of me was...
Reflection #7 Hauntings
Chartes’ Labyrinth Beginning Again: Reflection #7 The Hauntings Some nights,I waketo the humof memory’s projector—rewind,play,rewind again. Old scenes...
Practicing Hope: 4 Week Virtual Study
Tuesday’s July 1, 8, 15, 29, 2025 - from 6-8 PM. I’m facilitating a virtual class, “Practicing Hope” with the United Women in Faith. Our four Tuesday’s will...
Reflection #6 It Is Enough
Beginning Again Reflection #6. It is Enough Reflection #6. It is Enough I am discovering,in the quiet aftermath of change,how much I have gatheredfrom what...
Reflection #5 Spring Invitation
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Beginning Again: Reflection #5. Spring Invitation In this SpringtimeI ask the quiet place within me—what might now growin this...
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Reflection #4 The Folding
Beginning Again Beginning Again - by Patricia D. Brown Reflection #4. The Folding I am learningto recontextualize my life— to soften the sharp edgesof old...
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Reflection #3 I am Enough
Beginning Again Reflection #3. I Am Enough Each morning, I rise,stretch,and give thanks— for breath,for love,for a body that still carries me. I step away...
Reflection #2 What's True
Beginning Again Reflection #2. What’s True I wake with the light,as I always have.But today,there is no office to reach.No clock to obey. Familiar motions,in...