“What did you learn from your mom?”    The subject line of an email I received today. My answer – “She loved me.” What does that have to do with this context?  I didn’t know she loved me.  By doing the work I do, I dispelled the numbness that had been  [ Read More ]

‘I Don’t Break The Chain’ The chain of growth is made stronger by what I take in, by what I accomplish, by how I live, and so much more. I don’t break the chain. I find ways to make the chain stronger, to live larger, to be larger, stronger, MORE  [ Read More ]

‘I Identify My Lies’ I didn’t know I was lying to myself. I was in denial. I thought I had worked everything through, at least enough. Boy, was I wrong. I didn’t realize I had blocked out my mom’s death and my grandfather’s abuse. The pain was too much. The  [ Read More ]