by Kate | Dec 8, 2015 | Uncategorized
Kind promise: I will forgive with wild abandon. The headline is “Pope says forgiveness trumps morality.” Today Pope Francis began a Year of Jubilee by saying “How much wrong we do to God and his grace when we speak of sins being punished by his judgment before we...
by Kate | Nov 24, 2015 | chronic illness, Disability, Forgiveness, Uncategorized
Home from the hospital, Big Emotions assail me. I cannot do what I once did. I grieve the loss. I rage over the loss. What to do with this grief? What to do with this rage? When I was young, I would have pretended they didn’t exist. I was raised to believe a sign of...
by Kate | Nov 17, 2015 | Uncategorized
by Kate | Oct 3, 2015 | Uncategorized
As I am writing this, I have been in the hospital since Sept. 23. Unbeknownst to me, I had a ruptured appendix which caused infections, loss of electrolyte balance and an abdominal abscess. Journey Dancing will resume when I am able, likely in a month or two. Thank...
by Kate | Sep 15, 2015 | Uncategorized
Kind Promise: I will reinvent whimsically. As living creatures, our natural habitat is change. Our bodies change. Our understandings change. Our sense of who and where we are changes. Our stories change. Sometimes we seek change. Sometimes we have change thrust upon...
by Kate | Sep 11, 2015 | Uncategorized
As I go through my day, I watch for moments when the corners of my mouth turn up and my heart lifts. I note these moments of delight in my journal and consider their patterns here. I encourage you to be on the lookout for your Delight of the Day. I took my whimsical...