January 6, 2024
This blog is about moving forward one step at a time, one small decision at a time. Sometimes we hear about our great destiny in God and feel frustrated. Many of us are just trying to get through today..
April 29, 2024
As I painted the following image, I understood a definite progression of form and thought. So often I have lamented for women around the world who […]
June 4, 2024
I don’t like waiting. I like to get on with things, make them happen. So, when I find myself repeatably in a place where I have no control over events and must just wait, I struggle…
September 14, 2024
In my last blog entry, I introduced the idea of learning to change my relationship with my pain. The first baby step came when I learned […]
April 27, 2025
I spend about 2 hours per day working on my body to maintain my mobility. If I skip my body work, my tension builds up. My […]
February 22, 2025
Today I have a Visio Divina experience for you. I invite you to go slowly through this blog post, looking at the images, reading my narration […]
February 15, 2024
Former addicts understand how to celebrate small victories. People in physical rehabilitation understand how a movement so small and natural to some can represent weeks of hard and painful work when recovering from major injuries. Today’s story is about a very small thing that is very big.
June 23, 2024
Self-pity overwhelmed my mind as I walked a quarter mile to the Brew’s Tavern. Yes, I could walk. Praise God for that. But a quarter mile was nothing to my athletic college friends.
Forging a new identity, apart from the “Miracle Girl” label, which was stuck on me in high school, proved to be more difficult than I anticipated.
June 30, 2025
Feeling stuck in a bad place physically or emotionally is one of the worst feelings in the world. In fact, feeling hopelessly stuck traumatizes us. Think […]
July 14, 2025
In reality, it took hitting a very low point for me to acknowledge that my traumatic accidents from my distant past (33 and 26 years ago) were still impacting my body and mind (or bodymind as many people refer to our unified system!)
January 12, 2025
This image is about 8 years old and is tucked nicely in my treasured art journal, but the message it carries is still close to my […]
October 27, 2024
In rehabilitation settings in the US, therapists precisely measure the range of motion (ROM) of clients as they recover use of their joints after accidents or […]
March 26, 2024
Well, I guess I’m outcome independent now.
Not sure how I feel about that.
In his book, The Way Out, Alan Gordon promotes the ideal of becoming outcome independent (not emotionally attached to any specific outcome) in our attitude toward our pain.
May 28, 2025
In my last post, I talked about the miracle of becoming compassionately curious about the chronic tension in my body. Instead of blaming myself for not […]
December 30, 2024
People often leave me behind. Those Type A’s walk fast! But you don’t have to be a Type A to walk faster than me. Because of my disabilities, I walk much slower than most people. I’m okay with this...
May 14, 2024
I appreciate your kind responses to my “War-Torn Women” Visio Divina exercise. So many of us can relate on different levels to the need to lament. In this next post, I use the same images to help illustrate what God has taught me about the profound beauty of learning the art of stillness...
July 29, 2024
"I would do anything to change my pain!" Maybe you have thought this too.
March 28, 2025
In my last post, you had the chance to journey through different steps of thought in the Visio Divina practice. To fully enjoy this current post, […]
February 9, 2024
Coming to the right side of my drawing, and the final leg of my own yellow brick road, I drew one last emotion.
February 9, 2024
Does pain count as an emotion? I feel overwhelmed. I feel love. I feel pain. Yet, while overwhelm bullies its way into my mind, and love rests in my heart, pain very definitely lives in my body.
February 9, 2024
Observing my hand doodling delicate designs and shading in the waves of overwhelm, the positive, hopeful part of my brain rose in defense: “Wait.
February 9, 2024
Many growing teachers and leaders have developed their own leadership timeline. By thoughtfully mapping out our educational and leadership experiences, we can all obtain a deeper understanding of just how much God has woven into us.