cultivating the beautiful ordinary by sharing our tales and our tables
One of the sessions I attended at a recent conference was about resilience and optimism. The presenter said it was once believed that resilience was an inherited quality, but we now know that resiliency skills can be taught. As she spoke, different life events came to mind, some I had not thought of for many…
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We were standing in the middle of her bedroom when a clap of thunder rumbled. The shades were drawn over the large windows, obscuring the view of the sprawling farm outside and the storm clouds overhead. When she lived here, Flannery O’Connor would have kept the shades wide open so she could watch her beloved…
Read MoreOn my tippy toes I stood to watch her play her piece. I swear the spotlight drenched her in angel light.
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Today has been long and slow-moving. I’m confined to being stationary so what’s mostly busy about me today is my mind.
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