Breaking Away–Something to Ponder

  I recently had the opportunity to take another ancestral healing and trauma-sensitive workshop with the wonderful Robin Appel Maida of Always Aum Studio in NY. The yoga studio where I teach, Shine Yoga, hosted the event, and my takeaways were different this go...

Dear Mama… Thank You

Mama in Palm Beach, Florida, in the 1950s. I sent her silver leaf bracelet with this picture to my middle granddaughter a few months ago. Dear Mama, Today marks 23 years since you took your last breath. When I received the news, I wept then went on with Halloween...

Up Until Now: We ARE and AREN’T Our Stories

A Woman With a Story Who Will NOT Be Defined by Its Cracks! (Alex Moring photo) I love.a good story. I have always been an avid reader, and I love how some of my friends tell such great stories. My friends Norma and Margaret are two of the best storytellers I know...

Lessons From My Daddy

A News Clip From Long Ago That Quotes My Sweet Patriotic Father! Today would have been my father’s 98th birthday. He’s been gone six years, and I miss him every single day (not obsessively, but just missing his wisdom and his sage advice) The news clip in...