Promptings of Hope

Glimmers

Dear Friends, My son gave me a gift card from Stitch Fix for Christmas. Have you tried this sort of service? It was new to me, but I was intrigued. I filled out the online form in great detail – sizes, body parts to…

February 21, 2019

We begin again…

Glimmers

Dear Friends,                                                         I have missed you! I have missed the connection found through this monthly ritual of…

January 13, 2019

Let Love be Born in your Heart!

Glimmers

Dear Friends, Happy Advent! A wonderful season of hope! Hear these words of Jan Richardson, artist, author, and minister, as she describes a “Blessing on a Strange Road:” Now this blessing meets you…looking like nothing you have known, fragrant with some far scent and…

December 9, 2018

Live in Hope

Glimmers

  Dear Friends,   You’ve been on my mind. The calendar turned to November and its time to write a new Glimmer. What shall I explore within the limitations of this online message? How does my point of view add to the crises, challenges and…

November 13, 2018

Season of Change

Glimmers

Dear Friends, Leaves turn color and fall to the ground, illness appears and we slow down for a spell, friends arrive or recede from our life…change happens. Some changes we seek – a new house, weight loss or a new job – and we…

October 7, 2018

Lessons of Loss, Lessons of Life

Glimmers

Dear Friends,  After I offered an update on my 2016-17 writing project, my friend said, “It sounds like the book is writing you.” He was right. Each time I dipped back into the words to rework, edit or add source material, I re-entered sacred space. I…

August 28, 2018

Summer ponderings…

Glimmers

Dear Friends, I’ve been thinking of you. I miss reaching out from my sacred space on Lake Beseck, to you.  As I write these words, the world around us seems to be moving at a faster pace than I like, not sure about you.…

July 23, 2018

Do you hear Love’s Invitations?

Glimmers

Dear Friends, I’ve been thinking about Love, lately. I see it in the separate moments of my life, like beads on a necklace. Each glimmering sphere a window into Love’s gifts and promises. There are some moments where Love’s presence is palpable…seeing my sons…

July 5, 2018

Let Love into the Room

Glimmers

Dear Friends, For the past several weeks, I’ve been stepping into new rooms to share my thoughts about grief. Some are filled with books, others are more vacant, all-purpose rooms. Some rooms are set aside to allow quiet reflection… to support the travels of…

June 3, 2018