We are all light and love

We are all light and love

My yellow birds have disappeared for over a week. I am sad. I really, really, really do feel so much joy every time I see one. I am also aware that I could find meaning in their being gone. My kid and I discussed this today – if I see their appearance as proof of...
I’m letting the ease, love, and joy seep in

I’m letting the ease, love, and joy seep in

I am definitely in a weird space, and I am letting that be. I know that so much from the last year is sinking in and crystalizing and processing, and I know that I can’t – nor do I want to – rush it. I am letting myself be with my uncertainty and awkwardness and...
The cancer is both very real and very surreal right now

The cancer is both very real and very surreal right now

Last week was my full-out “cancerversary.” It’s been a year since my “everything-ectomy” and the diagnosis. A year since I first heard someone say to me, “As someone who has cancer…” (The attending doctor was explaining that, as someone who had cancer and some other...
The beauty of this moment

The beauty of this moment

In each moment there is beauty. Sometimes it’s easier – or harder – to see than others. In each breath there is a chance to stop, to notice, to savor, to love. With each person there is a chance to stop, to notice, to savor, to love. Under each hardship there...