up versus down loud versus quiet courage versus fear joy versus sadness anger versus patience I feel like we spend a great deal of time analyzing emotions and learning how to feel our feelings. This is truly important. I also believe that it is important to look at the opposites. Often we can…
Last Days – First Days – Endings and Beginnings With another Labour Day weekend in the books today is the first day of school in our household. The girls are adults but it is still a big day. The supportive texts and mocking gifs were flying last night in the family group chat. They are…
I have joked often over the past year about how being a mom and raising my kids broke me. My kids roll their eyes because they know the truth. They didn’t break me, the choices that I made were all me. They were just being kids learning what they need to learn and experiencing what…
About a year ago I hit a huge wall of anxiety and exhaustion. It had been building slowly, but when I finally hit it man did I slam hard!! I was raised a tough farm girl. We got things done. You persevere because there was no choice. With that I spent my life persevering. Just…
One of the wonderful tools that I have carried in my toolbox has been my spirituality and gift to communicate with loved ones who have passed over from this lifetime. I have the ability to communicate with spirits through sight (yes “I see dead people” 😉 sound (yes they talk to me 😉 feeling (yes…
Recently a fellow mom was venting about how little time she had after work as she was busily doing household chores – particularly laundry. This conversation made me grateful for an epiphany I had many years ago. Let me tell you about it in today’s reflection. It was a day many years ago when one…
Today is my second contribution to Patty’s Reflections; my collection of blog posts where I will share some of my more personal thoughts with all of you. While it might seem a surprising topic for my blog, it is one that I think is not discussed enough. Over the years I have often been called…