Years ago I heard about a heart transplant that blew me away. I have never gotten over it. The mysterious power that lies within the heart is so poignantly manifested in this story. An eight year old girl received a heart from a murdered ten year old. The girl began...
We are the world. Actually.In the “We are the World” documentary, you get a front row seat into the personas of some of the world’s biggest eighties’ musicians. That iconic song takes me right back to 1985 with its famous lyrics, those unique voices and that special...
Ruaha space to breatheRuah is a Hebrew word that conveys breath, wind, spirit and divinity. Ruah is the force that brought creation into existence, breath into our lungs and moves leaves and trees, mountains and souls. Ruah is a spirituality center in a Houston...
AFTER NOVEMBER 1, 2024 All of our meetings will happen at my new office down the road in Alamo Heights. I look forward to seeing you in a new space with new opportunities plus a whole new vibe!! Come on over and see what is waiting for you there! This move is the next...
Chiaroscuro is an art technique using light and shadow to create dimension and volume. “Chiaro” means clear or bright. “Scuro” means dark or obscure. On any given day, within any given life, in any given moment there exists the push/pull of our clearest and brightest...
It is a path to your true heart. It is an intentional expression of your soul. It is a way to find solace. It is looking for hope. It is a way of doing something when you don’t know what else to do.In 1889, Vincent Van Gogh checked himself into a psychiatric hospital....
I just spent some time alone with myself and Covid, so I have a renewed sense of how isolation can aggravate mental health. It’s hard to struggle with your mental health and even harder to actually talk about it. When you notice there are changes in the way you are...
Mine taught me how not to throw like a girl. He taught me how to jab, jab, jab with my left, then hook with my right. He taught me how to drive a stick and stand up for myself. I learned how to cuss, drink beer and enjoy the opera from him. And I learned how to be...
I watched my first child born through the lens of the midwife's glasses. Theodorah asked me if I wanted a mirror to see the birth but it was so beautiful watching it through her eyes. Somehow we expect or hope or imagine that a mother sees us in all of our goodness...
But will it? Do things really work out? Will every manner of thing be made well, dear Julian of Norwich? Are you sure? Because I was banking on it. I built my life around it. When things crumble, deep diving into a faith that says all is unfolding just as it is...
March is a season of birth day and death day anniversaries for me. This is the month a precious daughter came into our life and the same month my mom left this life. The process of giving birth and dying are eerily similar. There are stages of labor and stages of...
“It was a singular sensation to be held so gently and yet so fiercely, to be stared down at with so much love”. (Kate DiCamillo, “The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane”). Edward Tulane is a porcelain bunny who is on a journey to love. His story of finding himself...
