Emptying Out

Emptying Out

“Just sit on your hands!”, my mother would frequently say to me, usually in an exasperated tone. I was active, often too active for her. She tried to slow me down by making me sit on my hands, which I didn’t like, and this made me squirm even more. I don’t know that...
Endings

Endings

There’s an expression I’ve heard all my life: “All good things must come to an end.” I heard it from my dad, my scoutmaster, or a teacher telling us it was time to stop doing whatever we were doing and move on. Yet there is wisdom in that statement. It matches what I...
Grieving Job Loss

Grieving Job Loss

Are you grieving the loss of a job? I certainly did. It hurt, and I miss it. If you’re honest with yourself, you are grieving too, or you did for some time after you lost your job. Most of us associate grief with death, but grief isn’t limited to the loss of a loved...