Comfort & Joy

Mothering After my sister died of cancer and I began to suffer with insomnia, I spent more time talking with my mother, either on the telephone or while visiting her in Palm Springs. “You’re going to be just fine. It will pass,” my mother told me time and time again.…

Now is the time to step back and try to keep things in perspective. Lately, I have found myself looking down at my shoelaces or the strap on my sandal. The other day, I realized that I need to look out into the horizon more, and to remember that the…

I am still using the “letting go” box, and every day I am scribbling down things I need to keep letting go of. Today, I was overcome with doubt over the choices I have made around work. I never planned to become an elementary school librarian. I was already in…

I am continuing to use the letting go box. It’s amazing how many scraps of paper I scribble on during the day with things to let go of — the need to please someone, the worry over a decision, the judgment I have on myself for looking tired, and so…

Letting Go — continued It’s been a week now that I have been keeping the “letting go box” I referred to in last week’s blog entry.  It’s proving to be an interesting experience. I am noticing how many little things I hold onto — little bits of conversation I’ve had…

Letting Go We use the phrase letting go all the time. We use it loosely, in passing, as though it is something we can just snap our fingers and do – instantly. But I have found it’s not that easy. For the past week, I decided to follow the suggestion…