Happy Mother’s Day to all the wonderful mothers, grandmothers, aunts, stepmothers, pet moms and all who nurture, guide and protect the young – including single or stay-at-home dads who do traditional ‘mom’ duty. This was my mother’s favorite holiday. If you took Christmas, her birthday and St. Patrick’s Day (she was VERY into being Irish) [...]
Posts Tagged ‘family’
Mother’s Day
Posted in Emotions and relationships, tagged family on May 13, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Rites of passage
Posted in Emotions and relationships, tagged community, family, rituals on January 14, 2012 | 3 Comments »
Today I am blessed to be going to the Bar Mitzvah of my young friend Jacob Myers. I’ve been to one Bat Mitzvah, an adult Bar Mitzvah and now Jacob’s. I love this rite of passage, marking a moment in time when boys/girls are called to the Torah, called to be men/women in their community. [...]
Christmas Eve – tangerines and walnuts and Daddy singing
Posted in Emotions and relationships, tagged family on December 24, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Tangerines and walnuts and Daddy singing. That’s my Christmas memory. Let me explain. Our family took Advent seriously. So our tree went up Christmas Eve, not before, which added to our anticipation. We’d go out about sunset and pick a Christmas tree. Then, while Mom cooked dinner, Dad would put up the tree and string [...]
Turning dirt into gold
Posted in Emotions and relationships, tagged family, fun on June 2, 2011 | 12 Comments »
I spent time with my six-year-old friend Michael tonight – finding a ‘treasure box’ in the garden and turning dirt into gold…..Because every day I have the opportunity to turn dirt into gold. All the time. I just usually see it as “only dirt” and miss the magic. And when I see the love in my young friends eyes, despite all my incredible failings, I DO believe that I’ve got gold inside of me. And you know – you’ve got gold, gold inside you too. Check it out. And who knows – you may have a hidden treasure box in your garden too – you just never know….
Learning from Kittens
Posted in Emotions and relationships, tagged family, fun on May 14, 2011 | 8 Comments »
I got two kittens last Sunday night – Liam George and Maggie Mae. I’m learning so much from them – and so much about me!
To everything, there is a season.
Posted in Physical World, tagged family, fun on May 9, 2011 | 5 Comments »
Getting two adorable kittens last night, after losing my dear cat Caitlin Marie last fall is a good remind of the cyclic nature of life. Just as the beauty of spring follows the long winter, life has a way of providing renewal and new life after loss. Kittens are a very joyous ‘turning of the wheel!’
Easy stairway to heaven
Posted in Spirituality, tagged family, love, spirituality on January 16, 2011 | 3 Comments »
No church for me this Sunday – I’m out of town, but I got to go to a birthday party with God and we all had a good time.
Ghoulies and ghosties
Posted in Spirituality, Writing - Personal, tagged family, ideas, philosophy on August 2, 2010 | 4 Comments »
“From ghoulies and ghosties and three-legged beasties, and things that go bump in the night – oh Lord deliver us” – so says the traditional Scottish prayer. My mom, Jerrie GLASGOW Scholten (who didn’t publicly own being part Scottish, but was) used to say that to us. Tonight I dashed home after work with barely enough time to feed me [...]
You never really know who your friends are
Posted in Writing - Personal, tagged acceptance, family, human nature, personal growth on June 29, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
We think we know one another – but there’s so much we don’t know. Assumptions with friends can be innocuous – with “enemies” they can be deadly. Walk a mile in my shoes!
My Aunt Dory ~ say a prayer for her if you would
Posted in Writing - Personal, tagged emotions, family, Personal on May 8, 2010 | 1 Comment »
I heard the other day that my “aunt” in Norway is dying of cancer. I say “aunt” because she’s not my blood relative, but rather my mother’s childhood friend. Aunt Dory is 87 and she and Mom became friends when they were 3. Growing up, especially in my teenage and young adult years, she was [...]
