Keep Your Heart Open

"You don't need a dog. It just doesn't make sense to get a dog right now." This is a serious conversation from the dinner table at my house this weekend "If you get a dog, I am not going to take care of it for you. You have to walk it. You have to feed…

The Mouse, the Moon and the Jumping Mother

Spirit knows how to move me.   Spirit knows how to get me out of my chair.   Yes, it was a mouse.  And I am not honoring mouse just yet.  Notice I didn't even capitalize 'mouse?'   I had just experienced a wonderful meditation with several Tibetan monks.  I was spiritually high and felt…

When In Fear Carry A Big Light

My dog, Baby, was always right by my side.  Except one scary night when she disappeared. Or so I thought... We adopted her from a local shelter soon after settling into our house in Florida. She was an older dog; mellow, sweet and not easily moved.  She liked to lay by my side night and…

Four Legged Friends

My dear, dear four-legged friends. What would I do without you? I am happily covered in dog hair, hanging out at a friend's house in Wisconsin. It is cold outside, the snow is beautiful, the sky is gray and I have views out the window down a lovely hill to a pasture and creek beyond.…

On Love and Fireworks

Once upon a time I was in a relationship with a nice, young man. I was at the time, a nice, young woman. And so naturally, we were a nice, young couple. One evening after a nice date, we sat on a park bench discussing our nice relationship. It was he who summed up very…