October is Selective Mutism Awareness Month

Selective mutism is a rare disorder, a communication disability, affecting less than 1% of kids.

6 Benefits of Freewriting

Freewriting is a simple writing practice that helps prime the writer for creativity and inspiration among other benefits

Making Friends with My Grief

A conversation with my daughter about the grandfather she never met helped us both heal.

A Fresh Start for the New Year: Are You Ready to Turn the Page on 2020?

the year is almost over. It’s time for a new year. A new page. We will still have the same problems once the bell tolls us into 2021, but we can stop, take a breath, hit reset, and then tackle the new year with a plan. Let’s take a moment to reevaluate, to consider what’s working, what’s not, and look at our challenges with new eyes to find new solutions.

Living with Dying: Thoughts on friendship and cancer

I get by with a little help from my friends

Shrine

Shrine

A plaque inside the shrine had the following invitation:

Leave your thoughts, prayers and wishes.
Twice a year they will be burned and your intentions will join the universe.

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Still standing

Still standing

Inspired by a butterfly. February was a difficult month. We moved, which is always stressful, and then there was all the homework for school, and all that was compounded by my illness and two hospitalizations during the month.

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