by Dawn | Apr 13, 2014 | parenting, spirituality, Uncategorized, Zen
There are moments when a mother looks at her child and thinks, “I messed up here.” The subject of God is one of them. God has always been quite good to me. I grew up in a community where everyone truly lived out the meaning of that word. No person suffered...
by Dawn | Sep 4, 2013 | spirituality, Uncategorized
The Pope crossed my Facebook stream. I wondered if it was really the Pope. I’ve friended Jesus H. Christ, Jesus M. Christ, and Jesus (Plain) Christ already, just to make sure I get the right one. I couldn’t find the Buddha on Facebook but Rumi is on...
by Dawn | Nov 21, 2012 | family, music, parenting, religion, satire, simplicity, sustainability
Christmas appeared early this year in our local stores–about three weeks before the Fourth of July, I think. It’s not that I don’t love the site of a freshly-decorated fake tree with a pine-smelling air freshener trying to convince me it’s...