Go Around Again

Go Around Again

Many of you know that I ran track in high school. The mile run was my specialty. That’s four laps around for you sports novices. After the many logged hours of pre-race training, all that was needed was a strategy as to pace and take over and then the sheer will to...
Long-Term Love

Long-Term Love

“How do we know when it is going to work?” she asked, the healing-hearted woman in a hurting couple. “You don’t,” I said truthfully and painfully, so wishing I had a different answer. A better answer. A reassuring answer. Because, it’s a daily decision to invest in a...
Love is Permission

Love is Permission

It’s been a hard time in America. I wish I could say surreal, but sadly, we are adapting to a new normal. Threats, bombs, killings, hate. And, there is no sign that it will stop anytime soon. We gasp. We send our thoughts and prayers – whatever that means. Yet,...
Growing a Larger One

Growing a Larger One

You are filling your car with gas. Something you probably do many times a month, unless you are lucky enough to live in New Jersey where they still pump gasoline for you. You space out, watching the numbers climb too high too fast. Or, perhaps, you make googly eyes at...
What’s on Your Mind Today?

What’s on Your Mind Today?

“What’s on your mind today?” I casually asked the patient, as I do many times throughout my day. “That’s a hard one,” he said, not-so-casually back. I wholeheartedly agreed. First, you must rid yourself of external distraction such as screens, work stress, the fight...