by Carolyn | May 22, 2014 | Love Heals, The Fallen and The Falling
Time doesn’t heal. Love heals. When you lose someone, the people around you often don’t know what to say. “Time heals,” they’ll say, well-intentioned. But grief is a stone in your heart. Many people live...
by Carolyn | May 13, 2014 | Living in Grace, The Fallen and The Falling
This is my foreword for “Yoga and Grief” by Gloria Drayer and Kathleen Doherty, forthcoming in summer 2014 from Balboa Press. Pre-order it at yogaandgrief.com. Grief comes in waves. When you have lost someone you love, the sadness is a powerful undertow in...
by Carolyn | Dec 19, 2013 | Vox & Luz
Winter Solstice is point on the calendar when the sun stands still. That is the literal meaning of the word solstice. In my busy life, I savor those words, “the sun stands still,” because time always seems like it’s rushing out ahead of me. Deadlines...
by Carolyn | Jun 20, 2013 | Free Conference Calls for Writers, Living in Grace, The SoulFire, THE WRITING SPACE, WHAT'S NEW
“Each drop encases its own separate note, the way each drop engulfs its own blue pearl of light.” –Stuart Dybek, “Nighthawks” The image of raindrops Dybek places in our minds is indelible. That is the way that Tara L. Masih begins to describe the effects of flash...
by Carolyn | Mar 23, 2013 | Faith & Meaning, Life is a Splendid Torch, THE WRITING SPACE
It’s Saturday, which means karate in the morning (Paul) and singing lessons (Grace), summoning forth a culinary wonder (that’s healthy, low-fat, low-carb and not infected with the free radicals that cause occult cancers) for dinner for my twins. Tonight,...
