Every mile is two in winter. — George HerbertThe cold, dark days of the winter months can be a breeding ground for despair in some of us. I’ve battled a recurring low-grade depression for many years. I never know when it will reappear, but it often shows up in the fall when the days start to get shorter. When a steady rain settled in for nearly two weeks, it didn’t take long for my mood to turn as dark and gloomy as the clouds above me.In my “right” mind I know I have a … [Read more...]
The Man Who Lived across the Street
To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all - Oscar WildeThere is a small, disorderly looking house that sits on the corner across the street from my childhood home. In the early 1960s, the young couple who lived in the house divorced and the wife moved away. When she left, the man pulled down every shade on every window in the house. Once in a while I'd see him walking to and from his car or mowing his lawn, but he always kept his head down and never said a word. … [Read more...]
Fire Lighted My Way Back Into The Present Moment
I experienced a near-tragic situation in my home recently that opened my eyes not only to the belief that my deceased parents continue to protect me and my family, but it also made me keenly aware of how fleeting life can be. It's been almost 10 years since I moved back into the house I grew up in. I decided to return to it a few months after the deaths of my parents who had been living there for over 40 years. My mother took her own life a few days before my father died, when she realized … [Read more...]
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