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A Visit With Mom: Dementia
My mom has dementia. On the cottage deck, she sits quietly and pleasantly. I play Amazing Grace on my guitar and sing too low because I forgot to bring my capo. However, that makes it easier for her to add a beautiful harmony just a step higher than my voice. Her clear beautiful singing voice hasn’t changed. She has asked me 10 times today how old my dog is, but she hasn’t missed a word of Amazing Grace. Her mind still has every word. This scenario used to be the other way around—she played guitar, skillfully transitioning between cords while Travis picking. I would jump in on the chorus to…
Learning to Listen: Mental Illness
Autism has changed me. Mossy has changed me. And for the better. How could this child, who cuddled with me and played so cheerfully with animals, change on a dime with rage? Screaming, yelling, cussing, thrashing his body…. all over…
Sharing Mother’s Day
Something occurred to me this year. Sharing Mother’s Day with Sara actually freed the children to love me. As I entered into the dark place of their pain, they felt known and comforted by me. Their feelings were ok. In…
A Daughter’s Love
My dear friends, I want to introduce you to my sweet and spicy thirteen year old, Ginger. She is a gifted writer, weaving creativity and beauty together in profoundly touching ways. Ginger has given me permission to share this incredibly…
Dear January 2020
The bad news is so shocking and such a blow. It’s real, it’s big, there is so much loss, it blows a punch. It’s unpredictable news, but the feelings from it are...well...predictable. The good news, on the other hand, is…
Stepping Out Spring
In this post, I want to share about the renewal of my spirit that has occurred while sheltering in place with my family. The abrupt change of pace has provided the white space for many of us to contemplate our…
COVID-19 & The Gospel Dance
Nothing like this has ever happened before. Never in our history, has the world been so interconnected… and therefore negatively impacted all at the same time.
