Sigh. Yesterday was the Manitoba Marathon. And I wasn’t in it. Next year. The Manitoba Marathon is an annual Father’s Day tradition that I LOVE. I’m not a full marathoner, but I have loved meeting the challenge of a half marathon. I had to pull out of the half last year because of a toe injury, …
On the other side…
…of June 18th. Made it. Another anniversary of the ones I’ve loved and lost, remembered, and mourned has passed. The days leading up to the 18th have an increasing sense of dread, as the memories rise closer to the surface than they are at other times of the year. It’s a bit of a relief to …
I’ve got sunshine…
…on a cloudy day. A dear friend remembers my loss years later with daisies that show up at my door annually. Bright, pure, innocent daisies that tell me she understands my grief that lingers years later. Beautiful, alive daisies that tells me she cares, and remembers. Daisies that have showed up at my door during …
A Thought
“When two people are at one in their inmost hearts, they shatter even the strength of iron or bronze; and when two people understand each other in their inmost hearts, their words are sweet and strong like the fragrance of orchids”. I Ching
Another TDC group graduates!
Rod Minaker just finished another group with people better prepared to deal with issues that stir up anger in their life. Many of the people that take our Transforming Destructive into Constructive Course have little alternative but to take it as part of dealing with a criminal charge or an employment situation. With people who …
Text Arguing
I was talking with Nicole Dube of Global News today as she was doing a piece on fighting via SMS/text messaging. She let me know that recent stats suggest that cellular devices are now being used more for texting than for voice communication (aka “talking on the phone”). That means that cell phones are being …
The story from the other side
“I killed who she could have been,” said David, who sexually abused his cousin for 12 years. He goes on to say that the woman he abused contacted him through her therapist a few years ago, and she had a conversation with him. She wanted to let him know that she forgave him. David said …
Committed: The Cost to Women
It was huge for Elizabeth Gilbert, the author of Committed: A Skeptic Makes Peace with Marriage, to acknowledge the delight she and her sister had when her mom gave up her job at Planned Parenthood. It was the 1970’s, and her mom, involved in cutting edge work to empower women, had 2 kids with chicken …
Committed: Asking for too much?
Committed: A Skeptic Makes Peace with Marriage, is a book I’ve recently devoured. Written by Elizabeth Gilbert, author of the runaway bestseller, Eat, Pray, Love, it looks at her struggle to figure out how to reconcile her relationship to the institution of marriage (something she had sworn she would never again enter into, but the …
Secondary pain after secondary loss
Pain is a funny thing. It can be hidden and sneak up and catch a person unawware. Years ago, back when I was young and foolish, I went to bed really really late one night…and had to get up really early for work. The night was going to be short…almost more of a nap than …