I was talking with a friend yesterday about our favorite holiday movies. Without doubt, mine is It’s A Wonderful Life. I have watched that movie, easily, thirty or forty times, if not more. Black and white, nothing fancy or high tech and it is a classic, nonetheless, because of the message. What we do matters.… Read More Do You Know How Important You Are?
Sometimes, we are faced with a decision about when to pursue something and when it’s just better to let things go. What makes something important enough to exert some extra effort? A friend of mine reminded me of what’s important this morning…I was venting about something that I had bought earlier in the day that… Read More Is It Worth It To Go Back?
Every Sunday morning, I watch a Facebook live Armenian Mass from St Sahag and St Mesrob church in RI. It’s where I grew up and, thanks to the pandemic, I have been able to participate online, something I hadn’t done since I moved to California 26 years ago. This Sunday, the priest, also known as Der Hayr… Read More The Donut Or The Hole?
I heard the sounds of sadness in my sister’s voice yesterday, as she told me that a close relative had passed away suddenly. A lifetime of memories sprang forth, as she spoke about her love for this special aunty of ours. So, it seemed only fitting to include this dear aunty in a Día de… Read More May The Bloom Arrive
Keep getting up, even if we don’t want to…even if it’s hard. In the last two years, I’ve born witness to a lot of death and personal loss – my mom, two dear friends and all three of our family pets, not to mention a sense of danger and insecurity given the global challenges we’ve… Read More Knocked Down? Keep Getting Up
Saying goodbye to my fur baby, Zelda, yesterday marked a significant transition in my life. She was the last vestige of my known home life. Until today, I have been accompanied at home since I was 25 years old. Between my ex husband, my son and then my three pets, my home has been me… Read More Alone For The First Time In 32 Years
I went to the Beyond Van Gogh immersive exhibit yesterday, something I’d been looking forward to for months. Amazing. Poignant. Beautiful. It’s an exhibit that creates connection on so many levels – spoken word, written word, linguistic diversity (English, French, Spanish), music and a beautiful visual/digital representation of his body of work. One of the… Read More To Tell Or Not To Tell Our Story
This glass half empty/glass half full reference is often used and, may I say, somewhat cliche. That doesn’t make it any less true though. Personally, I can be both in the matter of seconds. In times of high emotion, I see what I lack. Once I’m calmer, I see what I have. I can be… Read More Empty or Full?
One of my earliest memories of beauty is the Cherry Blossom tree that was in the front yard of the home that I grew up in with my family in Rhode Island. It grew wildly and was so eye catching that the memory lives in my mind’s eye all these years later. No one tried… Read More Let Go – Let Beauty Emerge
One of my favorite books is My Grandfather’s Blessings by Rachel Naomi Remen. There’s a great quote that has stuck with me since I picked up the book years ago – “we’ve been given more blessings than we’ve known how to receive.” Loosely translated, I believe that it means that there’s something of value in… Read More Where’s That Silver Lining Everyone Talks About?
Through My Mind's Eye 