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“When we are no longer able to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves.” Viktor Frankl, famous psychiatrist and survivor of the Holocaust All of you in the Wenatchee Valley know what has been going on. In this blog, I'd like to offer a reflection that particularly leans on some wisdom I gleaned recently from one of my granddaughter's college entrance essays. Let's get started. (And thank you to those who have sent photos and videos). Here in our little berg

“A hero is someone who has given his or her life to something bigger than oneself.” Joseph Campbell, American writer, author of The Hero...

And when you looked to this part of the world, grandmothers are considered to be the custodians of local culture and wisdom. And they are...

"The wound is the place where the light enters you." Rumi, poet Some years ago, my brother, Steve, shot himself.  Steve never recovered...

The art of living well and the art of dying well are one. Epicurus Unless there is some time for being together psychologically -...

Family pathology rolls from generation to generation like a fire in the woods taking down everything in its path until one person, in one...

We are each made for goodness, love and compassion. Our lives are transformed as much as the world when we live with these truths. ...

"When you persuade yourself that you "get to do something rather than "have to," you can find a silver lining." Josh King...