I spend a lot of time with my mom these days. She’s old, in her nineties, and growing fragile in body and mind. Caring for her is many things: tender, sad, joyful, frustrating, humorous. This [...]

My husband made us dinner a few nights ago. When I sat down, I couldn’t help but notice the beauty and bounty at our small table. The brilliance in the colors of the food—reds, yellows, shades of [...]

Lately, I’ve been hearing Hawayo Takata’s voice in my ear. She always said, “Reiki brings us health, success, happiness, and long life.” When she talked about these qualities, her voice held a [...]

Fix me. Fix them. Fix it. Whatever the problem is, just fix it as soon and as quickly as possible. I don’t know exactly when or where that seed was planted in my own psyche but it runs deep and [...]