There are people who live in pain every day. People walking around suffering physically with no outside symptoms to be seen. I often wonder how they make it through the day, a week, years. No one can understand what it is to live with day to day pain unless they have experienced it themselves. How does one cope emotionally with such suffering going on within their bodies?
From my journal a few weeks ago:
“I have been in incredible pain for the last 2 weeks. Something heavy, rocklike, something deep that has settled into my upper back & neck area. Read more…
How do you define power? Are you living an empowered life?
Recently, I ventured into pottery making. I started with pinch pots and coils. My first lesson was utter bliss. As the newest student, I enjoyed my solitary work while my teacher gently taught me the basics of working with clay. How to cut a chunk off of my block of clay. How to use my palms instead of my fingers to gently form it into a circular shape.
Mother’s Day is today. For me, Mother’s Day is about honoring the women in my life who support and encourage me along life’s highway. It’s also about being wrapped in Mother Earth and being protected. I am embraced by the Earth right now. Held in her arms, whispered to through the light breeze and the creek flowing in the distance. I am welcomed into her sweet musky earth. She is alive. She is home to all of life. As I sit upon her lap, the grasses and the leaves… her fingers caressing me and comforting me. Her breath blowing the hair from my face. She tells me I am loved. That I belong. She has seen much pain and sorrow but assures me that life proceeds, like it has for thousands of years. 
Yesterday I babysat my 9 month old niece. Nothing like having a baby for the day to remind you of what’s really important. A baby reminds you to be in the moment, every moment. My house isn’t ‘baby-proofed’ so I need to keep my eyes on her at all times. She’s not a snuggly girl but rather independent.
