One of my favorite weekly activities is doing Pilates. For me, it’s 45 minutes, three days a week, of peaceful refreshment. While I’m in class with six to seven other people, the exercises are known, the pace steady, and the rhythm comforting. The room is quiet except for the hum of the easy-listening music playing […]
What does your heart really, genuinely want? Last summer I mentioned that during my next time of silence and solitude, I was going to spend time with this question. And I did. I wrote the question in my journal and took it with me on vacation to the Island of Isla Mujeres in the Gulf
“Our Father, who art in Heaven, hallowed be thy name …” This is a common line from scripture, one you have probably heard many times throughout your life. It is the beginning of the Lord’s Prayer. I remember memorizing this passage when I was a child. It brought me comfort and a sense of stability
I had not known David and Lucy for long. I met them through email when we corresponded during COVID. They were always quick to talk about their family. They had usually just been to visit or were about to visit. I could picture David smiling as he wrote back to me, rehearsing the memories they
When I was a young girl, I dreamed of traveling the world and writing about it. I wanted to meet new people, see new places, savor new cultures, and share those experiences with others. When I wasn’t traveling, I hoped to be authoring novels from a quaint cabin in Vermont. As I grew up, those
I will confess — I do appreciate a good Hallmark movie. I like to get caught up in a story of romance occasionally. I am all for celebrating love with a bouquet of roses, a box of truffles, and a glass of Moscato. I enjoy feeling valued and treasured. In fact, last month my husband
Ready or not, as you read this column, the calendar has turned. 2024 lays behind us, a flurry of memories and past experiences. Our thoughts and feelings have been stuffed deep inside or taken by the wind and sprinkled about, settling in the crevices of our lives like a fine dusting of snow. The forces
