For me, it came quite unexpectedly at first. My life felt like it was unraveling before me. My husband of fourteen years was suddenly asking for a divorce for reasons I didn’t understand. I was feeling alone, abandoned, and heartbroken. The weekends without my two young boys at home were especially painful. I found myself […]
This week I had the privilege of getting to be in retreat for three days with 27 souls with whom I felt a deep presence of Love Itself breathing within and among each one of us. It was a blissful experience to be with others in a safe space in which we felt we could
“Miracles are merely the translation of denial into truth.” A Course in Miracles, OrEd.Tx.11.14 “The Lord is with you, but you know it not. Yet your Redeemer liveth and abideth in you in the peace out of which He was created. Would you not exchange this awareness for the awareness of your fear?” ACIM, OrEd.Tx.11.22 Do
In these hot summer days, the walks I take with my sweet puppies, Mazzie and Lillie, are pretty much limited to mornings and evenings. And even then, it’s pretty darn hot! I find myself naturally steering each of us into the cool of the shade trees. I choose our direction decidedly by where the shade
It was a Saturday, and both my 24-year-old son and I had made attempts to call each other, but each time the other was tied up with someone and couldn’t talk. A year ago, he moved several states away to Colorado to follow his dream of working on space exploration while also getting to ski
“Let Me make the one distinction for you which you cannot make but need to learn. Your faith in nothing is deceiving you. Offer your faith to Me, and I will place it in the holy place where it belongs.” ~A Course in Miracles, OrEd.Tx.13.58 This morning I awoke to something that felt very rare here in cloudy
It was Christmas day and our small home was filled with family, games, and commotion. People were in and out on our scavenger hunt to find their long-awaited homemade chocolate-covered peanuts. Some were in and out of the back gate and even climbing ladders to check on the roof. The pups, Mazzie and Lillie, were
The holiday season is upon us and my mind is on well….way too many things! I woke up knowing I wanted to write a reflection today but my cluttered mind was keeping me from feeling the inspiration. I did my readings, meditated and got some very reassuring messages from Love Itself. But still…there was some
While we’d all like to feel the peace and joy of the holiday season, for many of us the holidays are a reminder of the deep sadness we feel for our loved ones whose presence we are missing deeply. As I was bringing my own grief to Divine Love this weekend, my tears were met
For those of you who struggle to understand the gist of A Course in Miracles, I would be amiss not to mention that one of the greatest gifts it’s writings have given me is the tools to release all of the ego-mind blocks that keep me from hearing and knowing the presence of Divine Love.