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Other Websites, Personal, Trauma Posted onMay 9, 2022

Internal Family Systems Therapy

I first learned about Internal Family Systems Therapy (IFS) in the book “The Body Keeps the Score” by Bessel van der Kolk (I highly, highly […] Read More

Personal, Trauma Posted onSeptember 2, 2018

Not for the faint of heart

I look back on…February (my last blog post)… and here we are in September. Oh well. I feel I need to at least acknowledge that […] Read More

Personal, Trauma Posted onFebruary 10, 2018February 10, 2018

My journey with trauma

  About 2 1/2 years ago I read something in Brene Brown’s book, “Rising Strong” that gave me pause: “Living, growing up, working, or worshipping […] Read More

Faith, Personal Posted onJanuary 20, 2016

Echoes of the Triune’s Heart

I find that God speaks to me through songs. Here’s a snatch from one of my recent favorites: If you need something to believe in […] Read More

Faith, Family, Grace, Personal Posted onJanuary 3, 2016

Reflections of 2015

2015 is over, 2016 has just begun. Christmas celebrations are over and I find myself thinking about this past year. It’s been a good year […] Read More

NaBloPoMo, Personal, Vulnerability Posted onNovember 30, 2015November 30, 2015

The end…of NaBloPoMo

Well…I made it to the end of the month. I missed a few days here and there but kept it up for the most part. […] Read More

Family, NaBloPoMo, Personal Posted onNovember 30, 2015

Bittersweet

I spent this evening going through boxes of old photographs, looking for photos of my mom. There were lots of photos of when my two […] Read More

Family, NaBloPoMo, Personal Posted onNovember 27, 2015

My daughter likes cars

Just about every time my daughter & I head out shopping…if there’s a car in the mall, she wants her picture taken with it. She […] Read More

Misc, NaBloPoMo, Personal Posted onNovember 26, 2015

Thankful

It’s American Thanksgiving. I couldn’t think of what to write and then I remembered this great little graphic I discovered a few months ago and […] Read More

Family, NaBloPoMo, Personal Posted onNovember 25, 2015

Three generations

I started scanning photos of my mom this evening (I’m making a photobook of her for myself and my family). I found a picture of […] Read More

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