Once a month, my Reiki students and I offer a free Reiki healing clinic for the public. The clinic broadens community awareness of the benefits of Reiki healing; allows us to offer loving service to others who may need healing, a smile and a kind word or two; provides my students the opportunity to deepen … Continue reading »
Category Archives: Families
Allowing happiness
First realize that your world is only a reflection of yourself and then stop finding fault with the reflection. ~ Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj As I’ve gotten older, I hold my emotions and feelings closer to the vest. This may come as a surprise to people who know me to be quite active on social media with both … Continue reading »
The art of juggling (my life)
I was quoted last week in an article in U.S. News & World Report entitled 8 Ways to Find More Time in Your Day. I’ve blogged about navigating the challenges of work/life balance before, but this is the first time I think I’ve “outed” myself in the press with regard to how I made it … Continue reading »
Back to school time
Today, we sent the little one off to her first day of kindergarten and the teen boy off to (gulp) high school. Although the little one clung to my hand in the hallway, as soon as we got to her classroom, she wanted us to be gone. I now understand why I broke my mother’s … Continue reading »
Chick Fil-A’s family values are not family-friendly
I’ve known for some time that Chick Fil-A donated nearly $2 million to anti-gay groups in 2009. I should have stopped going there then, but I instead went less often, my conscience troubled. Then, Chick Fil-A president Dan Cathy’s recent comments that his company supports the “biblical definition of marriage” hit the news media and … Continue reading »