Depression?
It’s amazing what you can read on the internet. Just this morning I came across the following article: 10 Ways to Stay Depression Free The article has some very good information about how to have a...
View ArticleThe 12 Days of Christmas: Surviving and thriving (Days 6-12: Punt)
Punt. Yep, that’s my wisdom for today. Don’t get me wrong, it’s not the wisdom I’d planned to have. I had such good plans. I’d blocked out the first three days of last week. No clients. Plenty of time...
View ArticleNothing more than feelings
Through the graces of Twitter, I recently read this fine article for caregivers by Wendy Lustbader in the Huffington Post. I particularly liked this quote: You can’t take away someone’s loneliness. No...
View ArticleHave a heart
I’ve been checking Facebook a little more eagerly these days. It’s not that I don’t enjoy the updates from all of my friends. It’s not that I don’t appreciate the videos of dogs singing and cats...
View ArticleListening to a Life: Death
If you came to my house (and please do not consider this an invitation), among my many books you’d find an entire shelf or more of biographies and memoirs. I love reading about other people’s lives. As...
View ArticleLearning From Lennox
Some of us who are animal lovers have been greatly saddened by the death of Lennox, who was euthanized by order of the Belfast City Council. The short version of the story is that Belfast has Breed...
View ArticleLooking for the Lament Band
From time to time I look over listings of ministerial job openings, mainly to make sure none of them are saying, “We need Peggy Haymes to come and let us pay her a large amount of money which she will...
View ArticleA race over too soon
This week in one of my Facebook groups the posts have been filled with pictures and memories. A woman who’d been with us in many training sessions died after a brief bout with pancreatic cancer. Lynn...
View Article“They’re not handling things well”
A client or friend tells me they’re concerned about someone whom they love, a family member, significant other or friend. “They’re not handling things well,” they tell me. Sometimes that person about...
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