Words can speak powerful truths…

Celebrating Dad

We celebrated Dadโ€™s life on Saturday with the support and contributions of so many important people. And then we had a big party with all of his favorite foods: pizza, pretzels, Oreo cookies, Tootsie Rolls, microwave popcorn, Diet Pepsi and Ramen Noodle packages for party favors! Thanks to my soul people who always show upโ€ฆ

Summerโ€™s End is Another Little Death

Farewell teacher summer. It was a time of both unexpected grief and unanticipated joyโ€”big goodbyes and some hello agains. Grownup having healed a bit kinda magic delivered by the universe at just about the time youโ€™re charged with becoming a somewhat reluctant elder. Funny how we can be asked to simultaneously hold such seemingly opposingโ€ฆ

This is Marzipan

This is Marzipan. She came to give old lady Arugula companionship when she was the last chicken standing and the two have been bosom buddies for the past 1.5 years. Sheโ€™s a spunky speedy girl who zips around to scoop up treats, never hindered by her crooked little beak, and sometimes lays two eggs inโ€ฆ

Farewell, Poppy

Dad went on ahead overnight on June 22, and I am certain joined a big starlit celebration with my sister Sandy, his sister Diane, and his life love, Louann. There was a time when they were often together on laughter-filled marathon buzzing around town adventures, and theyโ€™ve all visited him in recent weeks as heโ€ฆ

Farewell, Rue

This is Arugula, my favorite dinosaur ever. She was gobbling up watermelon to beat the heat just yesterday and this morning I found her weak and distressed. Mercifully, by this evening, she had gone on ahead. I brought her home when she was just 2 weeks old and named her just a few days afterโ€ฆ

Embrace of the Universe

Iโ€™ve really been struggling lately and have had some pretty dark momentsโ€ฆhours and days even. Iโ€™m no stranger to grief and existential depression, and though my experience tells me that real growth and expansion often comes about from these periods Iโ€™ve navigated throughout my life, these times are extra heavy and uncertain. Iโ€™m rather self-sufficient,โ€ฆ

An Invitation from Internal Luminosity โœจ

I know that some of you, like me, struggle to make meaning of all of the despair in the world and find a way forward that feels like you can grieve while also continuing to find beauty and respite in all the wonder that surrounds you. For some of us, itโ€™s not a choice butโ€ฆ

Releasing Everyday Magic

Several years ago I found the delightful poem โ€œThe Magic Boxโ€ and used it as a springboard to a writing activity for my K-5th graders. They wrote beautiful linesโ€”even my first gradersโ€”like I will put in my boxโ€ฆyellow lemonade pouring into a glass and one large green leaf floating on the waterโ€ฆthe little red houseโ€ฆ

Letโ€™s Explore Emergence Together

Community Offering from Internal Luminosity~KIM BECOMES LIGHT. Would you like to gather and connect with people who are concerned for our planet and anxious about all that may be heading our way? Do you feel a need for community and collaboration as you navigate the change that might be next? Do you wonder in whatโ€ฆ

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