It All Comes Down To

It All Comes Down To

It really all comes down to how we choose to navigate this moment. So often I find the best and most honest choice I can choose in this moment is to open wider. Or to listen, or to breathe, or to burn, or to allow, or to let go, or to give thanks, or to tell the...
Lessons in Prioritizing Soul

Lessons in Prioritizing Soul

A few mornings ago my boy Ezra and I fell unexpectedly out of sync with all of our supposed-to’s, and suddenly found ourselves immersed in a pocket of pure soul sweetness.     I heard him bumping around in the kitchen in the wee hours, fixing himself some breakfast,...
Holy Moments in The Matrix

Holy Moments in The Matrix

Last night I got to go out on a dinner date with one of my most beloved soul-sisters here in Ashland.     We sat across from one another eating ceviche and avocado with chopsticks. No small feat!     We compared notes and shared stories and laughed more than I’d...
Letting Love Take Care of It

Letting Love Take Care of It

Recently I went through a challenging relational experience with someone I’d considered a dear friend, and it left my heart feeling raw and trampled. Isn’t it astonishing how each heartbreak we experience can bring to the surface every other unresolved betrayal,...
To Be Love; To Be Loved

To Be Love; To Be Loved

  That moment this morning, after a handful of hard, tender-hearted days, when my bright, shining sixteen-year old found me praying fervently at the altar, and swooped down beside me, whispering into my ear, “Have I told you lately Mama, how much I love and appreciate...
The Simple, Perfect Wisdom of “Help”

The Simple, Perfect Wisdom of “Help”

“Help” is one of my most favorite prayers. When we can find our way to the voice that remembers how to ask for help, we are more than halfway home. How many times in the last couple of years have I found my way, just in time, back to the altar. Back to the simple...