I’d been camping with my son for several days. I lay in my sleeping bag scratching the bug bites on my torso and legs. I tried to go back to sleep, but there was something else biting at me. I had an inner itch that I couldn’t get at with my fingernails. I rolled from my right side to my...
Day was just starting to break as I stepped outside and zipped up my lightweight pullover. The wood creaked beneath me as I walked across our breezeway. I sat down on the first step and tucked my feet up under me on the second. A dove cooed from the power line above my head. The other birds responded in kind....
At 6:05 a.m., the lights were turned down after a strenuous hour of hot-flow yoga. Our limber and assertive instructor said, “You will open your hips by relaxing in frog pose (mandukasana) for three minutes.” “Relaxing?” I thought. I winced, but I tried. I held the pose and shook while my inner thighs felt like they were being ripped apart...
The rain was coming down hard on the skylight in my living room just before 6:00 a.m. I breathed in the smell of my coffee before the first sip. I sat my mug down near the lamp on my favorite, mirrored, dragonfly table. I glanced down at my reflection and noticed how gravity tugged at my face. It made me...
In desperation to stay sane, I walked outside the hospice house and sat down on the concrete in the sun. I called my wise friend. I asked her, “Can you help me grab hold of something steady?” The emotional ground beneath me was shaking so violently, I could not get my balance. There were too many unknowns, unwelcome chaos, doubt where...
