by skimhenson | Oct 29, 2013 | acceptance
Contentment has seldom been part of my life’s equations, especially when the car goes into the shop for new brake pads and comes out squealing, or when a relationship unexpectedly ruffles, or when our son hikes 60 plus miles with only his backpack and his dog, like...
by skimhenson | Aug 26, 2013 | awareness and action
When I taught kindergarten, a fellow teacher assured me I was lucky. She said it again and again at the beginning of each school year. She told me how lucky I was to always be assigned a well-behaved class, while paying little attention to the hours my students walked...
by skimhenson | Jul 1, 2013 | acceptance
“You know I love you and I’m hear if you need me” was how my friend ended her message that let me know Mom is under hospice care. I keep up with my mom through friends even though she and I have been estranged for more than a decade. My friend, the one who sent the...
by skimhenson | Jun 17, 2013 | emotions, guilt, relationships
My lifelong habit of keeping company with at least one unlikable person is dying a slow death. I mentioned it as one of my monstrous habits in the last blog post, Where the Wild Things Are. Even though remnants of the behavior still remain, I’ve taken steps to change...