by admin | May 17, 2025 | Reflections, Transformation, Wellness
Boundaries Are Our Best Self-Protection. Many years ago I had a social work mentor that was apt to give me this feedback. She would say, “Milly, no one can “make you” feel anything.” Now some twenty-plus years later, I respectfully disagree. We live in a crazy...
by admin | May 13, 2025 | Reflections, Wellness
“I don’t think you are as sober as you think you are.” I said these words to a friend yesterday. And no, we weren’t out drinking. We were taking shelter from the deluge of rain that was pouring down outside in the comfort of a bookstore. We were just sitting and...
by admin | Apr 29, 2025 | Reflections, Wellness
If that statement, “Wellness begins with WE” feels kitchie, I can understand. To be honest, I have been feeling a bit “overly sentimental” and “nostalgic” this week. But the word “kitchie” has a second meaning as well. The word, “kitchie” is a Scottish term referring...
by admin | Apr 25, 2025 | Reflections, Resurrection
My blog is late this week. The day that I typically write this blog I was told the horrific news that my dear friend had died. I did not, and frankly do not, have the words to tell you how broken my heart is at this moment. How can I tell you about my confusion? What...
by admin | Apr 15, 2025 | Reflections, Transformation
Ubuntu Practice # 7. Choose Hope Over Optimism. I love to write. This fact is interesting because I did not learn to read or write until after the third grade. To the second grade me reading and writing was a mystery. I believed that this mystery had simply been...
by admin | Apr 7, 2025 | Podcast
An Interview with Esther Perel I have a hard time asking for what I need. Actually, let me be more clear, I have a hard time being a person who needs anything. In my 50 years I have loved deeply. But, to be honest, I am not sure I have ever let myself be loved,...
by admin | Apr 2, 2025 | Reflections
How Putting Ourselves in the Shoes of Others Prepares Us for True Fellowship. Ubuntu Practice # 3. For the last five days my child has been home with the stomach flu. I am telling you this for two reasons. First, this blog may ramble a bit, so please forgive me....
by admin | Mar 25, 2025 | Reflections
First, let me begin by saying I don’t give a rat’s behind about the game of golf. Secondly, I want to say I play A LOT of golf these days. And playing golf has (and I am not being dramatic here) saved my life over the past couple of years. Tomorrow...
by admin | Mar 17, 2025 | Reflections
My mother, Sarah Jane Fletcher age 9. circa 1948 At all times I am reading multiple books. Right now I am moving gently between two prophetic books, Everyday Ubuntu by Mungi Ngomane and The Tears of Things by Fr. Richard Rohr. Last week I interviewed Mungi Ngomane...
by admin | Mar 12, 2025 | Podcast
Here is my recent talk with Mungi Ngomane, author of Everyday Ubuntu!
