The Sacred Mess

On January 6, 2023 I had to put my dog down. As far as tragedy goes, this wasn’t one. She was a big dog and almost 17 years old. A miracle age for this breed so the time wasn’t unexpected. The bulk of the grief came in the “before” – before the final vet check,… Continue reading

Seeing as it’s January and close enough to the beginning of the year I thought I’d start my new imperfect blog with my word of the year: Pause Last year my word was silence. The word comes out of some deep soul work about who I am and who God has created me to be.… Continue reading

I’ve decided to be less precious about this blog. It is a web log, after all. When it all comes down doing it that way isn’t working for me. Too “precious.” Since 2020 life has been coming at me with no breaks. From Covid to aging parents, work promotions and general lack of life control… Continue reading