Real Life Stories

Enter The Holy Land

February 13, 2012

The edge of her voice cracked and gave way to a stifled sob. This was cancer my sister was coping with, a cancer that had taken hold of her husband’s body. I held the other end of the phone line and folded on my knees in prayer. A strange quality of light that brought everything […]

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Déjà Vu in the Zen Garden

February 3, 2012

Some would say it was synchronicity. Others might even call the moment a miracle. A chance meeting between my cousin Jackie and Barbara took place a week before my arrival in south Florida. A glance between them across a neighborhood cafe seeded what soon would become a friendship shared with me.  It was a sweet serendipity […]

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Thirteen Grandmothers

January 21, 2012

Did you know there are thirteen indigenous Grandmothers meeting in sacred ceremony to pray for the healing of earth and humanity? They have gathered every six months since 2004 in each others’ homelands, uniting in fulfillment of ancient prophecy. These women of native wisdom come from all corners and continents of the world. Each was […]

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Tender Moments Under The Tree

December 26, 2011

The Christmas tree has always tantalized me. As a young child living in a bustling household with six siblings, I craved quiet. In those silent hours after bed time, I would sneak with caution to sit beneath the tinseled tree in stillness. Those precious moments spent staring at the glorious spectacle of a living tree […]

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