Someone, turn on the light!

Getting out of bed at night can be hazardous. There are large and small shadows everywhere. It’s my room, in my house, but when it’s dark, I might as well be on Mars; nothing seems familiar.. I am a foreigner in my own home. It struck me that this is how it feels when our…

Sacred Space

This morning I read an article about real estate in NYC. One of the featured couples, who had just purchased a condo in the city, described their master bedroom as a “sacred space.” That idea sounded strangely “familiar” to me. Not sure anyone ever told me as a kid that the master was a sacred…

THAT person..

I felt the nudge just as surely as if someone was speaking to me. It was about 4:30am and I was mid way through my prayers. My formula (if you can call it that) is pretty much the same every morning: I pray for my kids, my husband, our families, our friends and (esp these…

Spreadin’ the news..

Nothing seems to travel faster than the news that Santa “isn’t real.” It’s as if spreading that radioactive nugget of ruinous information becomes job #1 for the child whose holiday fantasies are suddenly dismantled. Misery loves company as they say.. 2020 has sure been an object lesson in that fact, hasn’t it? Facebook became the…

What does PEACE mean to you?

So here’s a question to consider as we claw our way out of the smelly, nasty pit that was 2020.. If you were to climb onto Santa’s lap and.. (never mind) If you were to launch a note folded up as a paper airplane over Santa’s protective plexiglass barrier asking for peace… and Santa said…

I already know who wins..

My husband recorded an important game that he missed on TV because we were out of town. I had heard who won, but kept that information to myself as he had requested. Once we were settled back at home, he sat down to watch the event. For several hours he willingly went on the rollercoaster…