“Telling each other and ourselves stories is a way of finding our place in history, both private and personal. It is a way of locating ourselves in the larger dialogue.” Today I received an email from a reader, Rosa Coyle-Hayward. She was asking about the history of descansos & the early pioneers. “where you found […]

Today I was looking for inspiration. For the past few weeks, I have been assisting my friend T.E. in creating a roadside memorial to commemorate the 1yr passing of her husband S.M. – a great friend and a mentor. Also the circumstances of life are not great right now and I was feeling a bit […]

Woo Hoooooo!! I got the domain descansos.org back!!! Back in January, my domain was taken. I was in Peru during the renewal period and was blindly trusting that the hosting company would renewed it. I was not concerned & even had a backup plan “If there’s a problem, I will be back before the grace […]

This week I have been feeling stressed & overworked. My excuse is: I don’t have time to do this work; plus run my business; plus preparing & creating a Forgiveness Seminar; plus being a coach; a Leader Training Leaders; plus creating an architectural presentation in Peru for a client – that doesn’t exist – but […]

The common eye sees only the outside of things, and judges by that, but the ‘all seeing eye’ pierces through, and reads the heart and the soul, finding there capacities which the outside didn’t indicate or promise, and which the other kind couldn’t detect. –Mark Twain Today, I got some really sad news. SM, a […]

I have always been uncertain what to say to console someone who has lost a loved one. What can I say – what can I do that would actually make a difference for them? I can’t say that I know what they are going thru – because I really don’t know. I feel saying “I’m […]

It’s amazing how a simple phrase can change my day, my life AND my world. “I think, therefore I am” – Rene Descartes Lately the circumstance of the world is what everybody is talking about. The financial crisis is affecting millions, including me. What everybody is dwelling on is the fear of the unknown. But […]

I received a comment from a reader, Cool Hand Luke, that woke me up from my slumber. The comment said “don’t give up 5 minutes before the miracle…” And I saw that I was giving up! I have not been posting here for a while. And I have kept myself away. I like what Cool […]

I had an amazing thing happen to me today! I was just in the process of finalizing my decision to start the Baby Grace Foundation Non-profit. I was starting to make contacts so that I can register it with the state of Florida. The thoughts running thru my head AT THIS VERY MOMENT was “the […]

I was reading a few blogs the other day & came across some interesting reading about descansos. Descansos literally means “resting places” and the idea of resting places as markers in life. I have read Dr. Clarissa Pinkola Estés views of ‘making descansos.’ What she says is to take a look at your life and […]