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Dekker’s Wisdom
There are some forms of wisdom that don’t announce themselves. They don’t come with degrees or titles, or even with words most of the time. They come in…
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Living the Questions
Living the Questions What Jane Goodall, Rumi, and Rilke taught me about aging, illness, and letting go of certaintyJane Goodall, who died last fall at 91, once said...
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Reboot Your Life – Is It An Option?
I woke up the other morning wondering what life might be like if I could “reboot” like a device. Our phones and laptops all offer that option.
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When Prayer Becomes Silence
I woke up this morning thinking about prayer. Not praying, mind you. Just pondering about this thing we call prayer and wondering if we really know what we…
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The Curious Case of Holes
I have been thinking about holes, lately. Probably a result of going down so many ‘rabbit holes’! The holes I ended up thinking (and writing ) about are…
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THINGS I WISH SOMEONE HAD TOLD ME
Today, I want to share the essence of the speech I gave on the day Dekker graduated after 18 months of training at NEADS in Massachusetts. He is…
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Too Late?
I could smell the molasses cookies my mother had just finished baking. “Too late. I just sent the last batch with your father for his committee meeting at…
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If Not Grace, Then What?
I recently wrote about “aging gracefully,” and I have not been able to leave that phrase alone. The trouble is this: I have never, ever, in my entire…
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Living with an Intruder
After fifty years, I can finally say his name without bitterness...and what I have learned from living with an unlikely partner…a lifelong relationship with an intruder that I…
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The Myth of Aging Gracefully
I have heard the phrase “aging gracefully” one too many times…and I need to do a bit of ranting. I hope you will bear with me. I sometimes…
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Dekker on Ice Fishing
The calendar insists spring is near, though the yard has not yet agreed. Sometimes, when the snow lingers longer than anyone thinks reasonable, I ask Dekker to weigh…
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Two Kinds of Time
I live, like most people, inside two kinds of time. The first is the kind that happens on clocks and calendars. It measures, schedules, reminds, and evaluates.It tells…
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The Pilgrimage of Aging
“I can’t control what’s happening in the world.But I can put one foot in front of the other and walk my pilgrimage.” — Joanna Penn
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Have You Practiced Yet?
I use the phrase spiritual practice a lot, and I’m aware that, for some readers, this phrase makes things more complicated than necessary. What if we simply talk…
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Illness Through a Dog’s Eyes
What Love Looks Like When Healing Is Slow Woof woof, friends,Something shifted in the house a couple of weeks ago—before anyone said a word.Illness has a way of…
