This morning I was up early with pink kissing the sky. I am alone today. I made my necessary coffee with almond milk and was called outside by the persistent rooster across the street and the song birds busy at their work creating Spring. Sitting outside as a witness, I sat on my weathered grey…
In May 2024 Love, Courage, and Miracles was published. I am grateful for all of you who supported our story and were willing to read or listen about our journey with cystic fibrosis, Anna’s lung transplant and the wild adventure. The reviews you have left on the Amazon site have been wonderful and so supportive.…
Many of you have my book, Love, Courage, and Miracles in your hands. I have heard that some of you do not, yet, and are waiting. I apologize for the weird slowness of the snail mail……It will come at the right time. I woke up this morning to a beautiful message from one of you…
An Australian white ibis brings me to equanimity. This is a word that I have been thinking about a lot. What does it mean, really? It is one of the four immeasurables in Buddhist teachings along with loving-kindness, compassion and joy. It is that quality of being calm in the middle of a storm. When…
I have been here in Australia for nearly three weeks now. Anna has been quite ill. Most of the time while I have been here she has been in the hospital. When she was home she was physically uncomfortable with back and rib pain, digestive trouble, lethargy and general “not wellness”. A few of the…
I am back in Australia. Anna is doing her best to deal with her routine of IV therapy that began in January but it has all become too much. I am here to help take care of Zoe, give Anna time to reset and support Terry. All at the same time I have to care…
Step by step or piece by piece. That is how we go through our life and that is how a mosaic or a book is created. Love, Courage, and Miracles is now complete. There were a few edits here and there. I had to approve the final cover and then another two tiny edits like…
We have been here in Australia for over two weeks now. I have not had time to write until this morning. It is Wednesday morning for me and Tuesday afternoon for most of you. What I need to comment on is, Love, Courage, and Miracles is an ongoing story. The final chapter of the written…
Getting packed to once again fly off to see our Anna, Terry and Zoe! Getting the book in a good place. I am leaving with layout and design done and one more cold read for anything else that may be hanging out wrong or needing correcting in the manuscript. The path for our Anna’s health…
The very beginning of the year always holds so much promise, dread, hopefulness and a sense ofthe unknown for all of us. What will the year bring? Those next 365 days are like a container forour experiences. They will hold a record of what happens to us and our loved ones. They willhold what happens…