One of the (many) things that annoys me about how we teach children about life is how rarely we talk to them about the different ways in which grief, as in you’ve lost someone grief, represents in different people. We don’t talk about how to deal with it and how to help others with it.Continue reading “The Length and Depth of Grief”
Category Archives: Reluctant Spirit
Choosing A Word Of The Year For 2018
I never used to do a word of the year. It seemed kind of reductionist to me, like how can you fit a whole year’s worth of intentions into a single word? I would do other things instead, like spells* or tarot spreads* or wishes or resolutions … which to me all boil down toContinue reading “Choosing A Word Of The Year For 2018”
My Dragonfly Year
I don’t know why, but it’s been tough for me to write about this year’s birthday omen. Last birthday, I felt a sense of delight and freedom when writing of my incoming butterfly year. This time, I’ve been sort of blank about the writing, even though I’ve felt that same sense of delight when watchingContinue reading “My Dragonfly Year”
My Butterfly Year
Yesterday, the first wildlife I saw was a butterfly! Hurray, this means this is finally a butterfly year! “What in the world are you talking about, Risa?” you might be asking. (Particularly those of you who didn’t know me in college.) Since I was 25, my relationship with my spirituality has been more than aContinue reading “My Butterfly Year”
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