“This Is Us” is Currently My Family Therapy

Trigger Warning: Addiction, death and This is Us spoilers…. I just finished watching the episode in This Is Us -where Jack experiences the death of his mother. It’s in the most recent season, which will be the last season of the show. The reason that I have loved the show is that it has often…

A Poem for Ukraine, Fear and Family History

Ahhhhhh The World……Lord God, You made it. Beautiful and Frightening in its own way That there can be moments of beautyRight next to moments of uglinessIn the same roomExisting in the same space Moments of joyCoexisting with moments of fearIn the same boxIn the same closetIn the same nooks and crannies of our hearts How…

The Journey IS The Destination

From “Aging Gracefully” my new blog! “Welcome to my new blog “Aging Gracefully” (aginggracefullyliving.wordpress.com)…… As Elder Ministry Coordinator for The American Baptist Churches of Massachusetts, I sincerely hope and pray that the information shared here will be helpful and informative. Church is one of the few places in our society where people of all ages…

Love, Olympic Style

I will be watching the Olympics with my Mom tonight…. The Olympics move me and inspire me like very little other things do……When I was a kid, and the Olympics came on, it was like a holy time in our house. Everything stopped. We watched every minute of TV coverage that was available. My Mother…

Tsunamis of Grief

I was not feeling well yesterday…….. When I am home and sick is when I miss my Mother the most. She was so good at taking care of us when we were sick. She rocked it. Making us herbal teas and bringing us saltines and toast, watching game shows and soap operas on the couch.…

Is Time Really Real??

There is a song by James Taylor, that I have loved since I was a kid….. “The secret of life Is enjoying the passage of time. Any fool can do it, There ain’t nothing to it.” I love that song. There is a whole lot of wisdom in it. When I was a kid, I…