Sometimes I wonder what our world is coming to. Sometimes it seems there is so much violence, prejudice, hatred, and disregard for the world and its different beliefs, countries, customs, and peoples. I have thought so many times, that our world’s future rests on the shoulders of our children. Our children need love and good … More Teach Your Children Well
This is the second letter to my younger self in an effort to understand who I am now better and perhaps to help someone else do the same. Hello, young Elaine. You have an exciting life ahead of you in school. You get your first taste of what it is like to live in the … More School Teaches Life Lessons
I shared this post from my experiences in surviving abuse and some lessons I learned. After I began to learn to protect myself energetically, mentally, and emotionally during the later years of my marriage, I began to understand the very fact and degree that I had been abused. Realizing that I had denied it far … More The Beginnings of Healing
Rumi, a famous Persian philosopher from the 13th century, once aptly penned: “The wound is where the light enters you.” … More An Introduction to Healing Wounds of the Past
One day, years ago, I became saddened by the suffering of the planet and it’s people, our climate changes, the deaths of innocent animals as their environment changes; and everything seemed to be “going to hell in a handbag.” I thought about the fears and anxieties of the world’s sick or hungry; or those terrorized … More One Little Bird
We are all afraid of something. Fears sometimes originate from stressful or traumatic events. Some may be learned from parents. By giving fear power over our behavior and lives, we can lose clear perceptions of life and the world around us. Fear can also affect our bodies adversely if experienced on a continuous basis. Fear … More What Dragon Are You Afraid of?
I published this blog post first in 2019. I am re-posting it because I want all of us to remember some major points of our survival. The news that morning told of violent actions done by people who were filled with hate, fear and prejudice against those of different races or cultures. I thought of … More One Little Child
There is something many people have forgotten about or are afraid of giving or receiving: the gift of touch. I know there are times when touching someone is inappropriate but I have learned it can be very healing in the right circumstances and with the right people. My mother and father were both affectionate with … More The Gift of Touch
p My patient, Ms. Q, was on oxygen in the Coronary Care Unit where I was a nurse. She became quite a challenge as you will see. Ms. Q had a long history of cigarette smoking coupled with a heart attack. On her admission she and her family were instructed on our policy of no … More Compassion and Understanding
Recently a dear friend became deathly ill. Finally, and thankfully she improved greatly! But when I heard of her dreadful situation, I started praying repeatedly for God to help her, heal her, or do what was best for her or for the “greater good,” (one way of expressing acceptance of the inevitable.) The first few … More Why Pray Repeatedly?
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