Posted by As this year draws to a close, I am grateful for the things learned and am learning, for the things survived and am surviving, for the journeys that are continuing and the chapters that I’m hoping to complete in the near future. This year I began with a willingness to embrace what may come, finding…Read more »
Posted by A week ago today, I was in surgery. I had both my breasts and nipples removed, the left with cancer and the other as prevention. I also had sentinel nodes removed that came back free of cancer. As I reflect on this last week, I first of all am grateful that the cancer was caught…Read more »
Posted by It’s been hard, the last few months to be honest. Well, to be really honest this year- that began with hope of a new year after several very hard ones. I thought this had to be the year. A redemptive one full of healing and goodness. Then March hit and the middle of the Lenten…Read more »
Posted by To the Women of Faith from my formative years, I say hello… again. To the Women of Faith from my formative years, I say I’m glad I found you… again. A whole-hearted thank you: To the Women of Faith from my formative years, I say thank you for the work you are doing, you have…Read more »
Posted by Reflecting recently after a personal diagnosis that has created pause in my life again, I realized a gift that was offered working and living through the throws of the COVID 19 pandemic. This gift is resilience. As I have only begun to talk with others about my lived experience of the pandemic, I am having…Read more »
Posted by However, my sweet girl is not a show girl and is not the muse of Copacabana. This is the story of my beautiful, rowdy, life-giving, human-loving, loyal and beloved, Lola. One evening my husband yelled from our front porch to come get our 6 month old mini golden-mountain doodle because he needed to rescue some…Read more »
Posted by The end of July I turned 42. I looked back at the beginning of this year and the two words I felt leading me into 2023. I laughed when I read “the year of Sue” and thinking of how healing and home would be a focus within myself. I believe it started well. I felt…Read more »
Posted by The beginning of Lent 2023, I met with my spiritual director/companion. She suggested, after our several years journeying together, that I write a personal lament. Grief has been a very large component of my personal and professional journey over the last decade. I began to engage this thought and process with openness, vulnerability and a…Read more »
Posted by I’ve been paying more attention to the way certain experiences, words, and encounters burrow themselves into the sacredness of my soul. I have found myself healing in returning to the religious music of my youth, though I remain skeptical. I didn’t think I’d find myself back here and… enjoying it. When I would hear Christian…Read more »
Posted by I continue to be cemented in the word “healing.” I initially took a few days off to attend a women’s retreat, but I did not sign up by the deadline. I had the dates approved, so I decided it was a wonderful time for a much needed staycation. Since this was scheduled for a retreat,…Read more »
The Journey Home 