Category: Essays

  • With A Little Bit Of Practice. . . .

        I was very young and just married  facing much doubt by the new family as to whether I would be equal to being the good wife required of my time and so I worked very hard at being good.  And good meant doing all those things I read in all the women’s journals…

  • In Good Hands. . .

      Many times I have said that this is a classroom and recently I was made to understand it will always be a classroom.  This is what is its purpose.  And my heart hit the floor when I realized it.  Our purpose here is to learn and to change ourselves into what we need to…

  • Have A Heart . . . Ours. . . .

    In my life I have seen much damage done when people have been deeply wounded by emotions  that could not be handled or words that cut and sliced the heart. Is it for us to walk untouched but acknowledging the emotions that devastate us and continue to live our lives with no further ado? Emotions…

  • Balanced Judgment. . . .

    When appearance is all that reality is for some, that is all that counts.  It is a common reality.  Illusion is part of the game. Jesus said that seeing you will not see and hearing you will not hear.  There is a world out there  they are not aware of and it would take a…

  • Seeing, you will not see. . . .

        These events have become connected in my life and documented, they stand.  I have no credentials attached to my name but because I have been involved in an independent study on a daily basis for over a half century, if I dismiss them I would negate a substantial life. To say these events…

  • This Old House. . . consider this. . .

      This Old House. . . . I am like this old house.  I have windows that are broken or have shifted in the space designed for them.  I have appendages that were once new rooms added on to make space for new dreams or for widening the premises for old forms expanding. There were…

  • Papa, I Plead Now. . . or the dream will go begging. . . .

    It is long past the time for all people to stand and demand of themselves to be infused with a steel core to uphold their wobbly selves. We have stood by and watched the principles upon which we have built our lives and our children’s heritage broken and by pieces swept away.  It is long…

  • Found Courage. . . .

    There came a  time when man decided to forget his Source and do life on his own.  Since then it has been a game of catch up.  Our progress has been nothing to shout about but there would be those who would argue with me about that. But for me it has been a matter…

  • Guess Who Came To Dinner???. . . .

    Guess who came to dinner. . . . She was in the neighborhood and stopped by she hoped in time for dinner.  She heard there would be pot roast.  This angel in disguise wearing a different costume than what we are used to angels wearing! Emma E. came in smiling and gave me the biggest…

  • Gods Searching For an Enduring Peace. . . .

    Life:  a many faceted phenomenon. . . It is possible that what is called hardening of the arteries is given the dreaded name of Alzheimers or dementia is the brain’s evolution brought about by aging or psychological trauma.  Either of those would be reason enough for portions of the brain closing.  But what happens should…