by Amy Walton | Jan 14, 2026 | Uncategorized
I see you… everywhere. In the many works of art you bought for me over the years, including this beautiful heart you chose for me when you were in LA years ago. In the many masterpieces you have written that nearly fill an entire bookshelf and of which I am so...
by Amy Walton | Jan 11, 2026 | Uncategorized
Photo by Roger M. Richards The above photo, taken by my wildly talented and Pulitzer-nominated friend, shows a very different face than the one writing this blog. My eyes are swollen from a lack of sleep and from far too much crying. Bottom line: My great love and I...
by Amy Walton | Jan 2, 2026 | Uncategorized
It’s the beginning of a brand new year! For me, the start of a new year is like opening a new journal or notebook with clean, fresh pages, and a beckoning of those pages to be filled with what’s calling to us: More rest. More travel. More love…...
by Amy Walton | Dec 29, 2025 | Uncategorized
Movement, Even Gentle Moves, Can Help Release Stuck Energy, Grief, and Trauma When my younger son graduated from college and embarked on a career, I awoke the night he moved all of his belongings with an excruciating pain on my upper right side. My first thought was,...
by Amy Walton | Dec 22, 2025 | Uncategorized
Sometimes–many times–life gets complicated. Things happen outside our control, and we choose how we respond. Other times we just complicate our lives. And many times, we complicate our lives in response to something that happens outside of our...
by Amy Walton | Dec 14, 2025 | Uncategorized
Confession: I have never watched the popular TV series “This Is Us,” which ran for nearly six years. Many of my friends never missed an episode, but me? Nope. Never watched it. I was thinking about that phrase yesterday–this is us–as my...
by Amy Walton | Dec 10, 2025 | Uncategorized
When I was growing up, I loved looking at the Sears Wish Book, drooling over desired toys and hoping Santa would bring them to me, especially anything Barbie. During times of financial stress, I received knock off Barbies and knock off Barbie clothes. Some...
by Amy Walton | Dec 9, 2025 | Uncategorized
A Photo of My Advent Wreath From Last Year It’s the second week of Advent, and sitting by my wreath at night, along with re-watching old “Stranger Things” episodes, is giving peace. I know… Advent and “Stranger Things”...
by Amy Walton | Dec 7, 2025 | Uncategorized
A broken fish sculpture with an intact heart I recently broke a sweet pastel painted fish one of my sons made years ago. I’ve always been careful when I dust because I have so many little works of art sitting around, created by noted artists and by my sons. As I...
by Amy Walton | Nov 19, 2025 | Uncategorized
Dear Facebook, It occurred to me the other day that we have been in a relationship since 2008. 17 years?! When dear Mr. Zuckerberg decided to expand your presence from the college community to everyone, I was excited. I think most people were. We experienced the joy...
