by Kate | Jun 1, 2012 | chronic illness, Disability, Forgiveness, kind promises, Surrender
Kind promise: I will be tender with weakness. Guess what? Weakness is not a topic our culture embraces. It is something we want to move through and get over. I was looking for quotes to enrich my thinking on this topic and it was difficult to find gentle responses to...
by Kate | Apr 20, 2012 | chronic illness, kind promises, mindfulness, Uncategorized
Maybe “embrace” is not the right word for what I want to do with each moment. The first part of embrace works fine. Opening my arms (and heart and mind) wide to the moment is exactly what I want to do with my life. Closing my arms around the moment and...
by Kate | Apr 13, 2012 | chronic illness, Disability, kind promises, mindfulness
“I embrace this moment” is a wonderful idea, but I’m having trouble with the implementation. I spend much of my time planning for the future and, considering the circumstances of my life right now, that makes sense. My husband just got a new job, my...
by Kate | Mar 30, 2012 | chronic illness, Creativity, Disability, Forgiveness, kind promises, Transformation
When I first began walking with a cane, I would watch others with a real sense of witnessing a miracle. My ankle joint no longer worked (“drop foot”) and I used the cane to steady my uneven gait. Other people were able to lift their foot completely off the...
by Kate | Sep 9, 2011 | chronic illness
>I ended a recent newsletter with the declaration that “Adventure is moving into the unknown believing wonderful things will happen. I need to rediscover life as adventure.”I was immediately humbled by a post by John Ptacek on the Fight Like a Girl Club...
by Kate | Jan 14, 2011 | chronic illness
>A nine-month-old has inspired me to describe myself in a new way. My newest creative experiment is to think of myself as a frugal enthusiast.Charles Vachon posted a time lapse video of his nine-month-old son, Charles-Edward, as he played on the floor. Four hours of...
