Authenticity and Boundaries
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The Questions We Forgot to Ask
The language we choose becomes the lens through which we understand ourselves, one another, and the lives we’re trying to make sense of. Continue reading
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The Power of Looking Ignorant
Real strength isn’t about being the loudest or winning arguments, but about staying composed and standing your ground in the face of hostility. True power lies in managing your own actions, not controlling others. Continue reading
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Trusting Life’s Changes:
Lessons from Nature’s Cycles By Louise Sutherland-Hoyt I wrote this piece long before sharing it. At the time, it needed to live quietly, still unfolding in me. Spring has a way of asking for emergence before everything is ready, and I knew this reflection required a longer season of trust. So I let it rest—through… Continue reading
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Rockets, Family, old Friends
Time away has a way of burnishing memory. It polishes what matters and lets the rest fall off like sand. Continue reading
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The Scent of a Lilac
When Old Photographs Fall A forgotten photograph slid from the pages of an old, dog-eared book.Its edges were soft with use, its colors yellowed, thinned by time.It landed quietly in my lap, and with it, the echo of laughter, warmth, a life that once felt certain. LS-H Many losses arrive this way—without announcement.They seem to… Continue reading
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Bitterness Transformed: Tending and Mending
I’ve seen it in myself: after tragedies like the Minneapolis shooting, pain and outrage can take over. Brokenness becomes all I see. I let anger and my need to be right shape every conversation. But it all started with seeing what’s wrong and wanting to fix it. And when it didn’t get fixed, more frustration,… Continue reading
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Alone Again, Naturally
This morning I felt a little tug at my heart. A craving and nostalgia for the music of the 70s when I was a young wife and mother, tending to mothering, housework, and projects that often went unfinished. Alexa responded with just what I asked for. The Carpenters, Bread, Barry Manilow, Seals and Crofts. And… Continue reading
