In my last blog post, I shared my belief in the importance of vulnerably and honestly acknowledging the wrongs of the past in order to move toward healing. I call it the “awakening” step, a prerequisite for the healing process. A number of my…
Signage along the Camino de Santiago …but my path may help you find the one that’s right for you. I grew up in a good Mennonite home, where I was taught that the only true paths to healing emotional wounds lie…
In the Protective Arms of my Older Brother This week’s blogs have been about the trauma of physical, emotional and sexual abuse. Before all of that, there was innocence and trust. Can we ever return to that place? “It takes a very long time…
Crashing Upward Physical, sexual, verbal and emotional abuse are all examples of traumatic events, incidents that can make victims believe they are in danger of being seriously injured or losing their life. Such traumas are more widespread than many of us tend to imagine….
My ten-year-old Grandson This week’s blogs were about unearned privilege. Here’s a major unearned privilege in my life. He turned 10 this week!
I am pleased to bring you the thinking of today’s guest, Thordis Elva. Thordis is an Icelandic author, speaker, playwright, and activist for gender equality. Thordis collaborated on and published a book with her perpetrator, Tom Stranger, making her the first rape…
In Monday’s blog I wrote that living simply for me meant being clear about about my values, and then living in a manner consistent with them. This eschews the important question of what those values are – what it is that matters most to me. I…
My Mennonite Missionary Father in front of his Home in Paraguay It’s the ‘in’ thing: Simplify. Unclutter. Less (smaller) is better. As I’ve written about elsewhere, my good Mennonite missionary father was anti-materialist and anti-consumerist to an extreme. He firmly believed that God only…
This week’s topic has been about what parents and their grown children owe each other. My conclusion was that the language of debt and obligation is inappropriate. Rather, we should be talking about love and appreciation. I feel like the biggest gifts my…
Me as a Single Mom with my Two Children My husband and I are blessed to have four grown children, two each from a prior marriage. This week’s podcast interview with Harriet Brown caused me to reflect on a question that I had until now…