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One Word 2021

One Word 2021

It is finally here. A new year. A clean slate. A year filled with possibilities. My One Word for 2020 was reverence. I had great plans for it mainly centering on my spiritual life. When the pandemic hit the world changed and nothing was the same. I did not give my...
Cooking as a Spiritual Practice

Cooking as a Spiritual Practice

I love to cook. I’m not a “fancy” cook making dishes that require obscure ingredients or complicated methods of cooking, I cook food that makes my family happy. From a big breakfast of eggs, papitas and sausage to the MacDonald Fajita Feast or...
Nightmares, Weirdness and Love

Nightmares, Weirdness and Love

I am having nightmares and they are pretty bizarre. I sometimes wake up with my heart racing, yet I am unable to remember the specifics of my dream. Many of my nightmares are extremely violent. This is not normal for me and when I spoke to my therapist about my...
March Madness is Bittersweet

March Madness is Bittersweet

March is normally when Cabinets in the United Methodist Church convene to make appointments for the following season (July – June). And yes, March Madness (as I have heard many clergy spouses refer to appointment season) is here for the UMC. United Methodist...
Talking to My Son About Chronic Pain

Talking to My Son About Chronic Pain

Originally published by Hemophilia New Today, February 5, 2020 I’ve been living with chronic pain for several years. When I’m asked whether I had an accident or trauma to my neck and back, my answer is no. But I think hemophilia indirectly triggered my pain. Years...
Talking to My Son About Chronic Pain

How Do You Know When a Child’s Pain is Real?

Originally published by Hemophilia News Today, January 22, 2020 Parenting is not easy. And when you have a child with a rare bleeding disorder such as hemophilia, it is exponentially more difficult. Not only are you dealing with the typical ear infection, cough, or...