When we think of thresholds we often think of doorways. We go from one room to the next. We enter someone’s home. But a threshold is any place where we cross from one place to another. We may become someone new. We are thrust to a new component of our identity. Developmentally, we move from one phase to the next…
There are times when facing a health challenge when we feel bound. We are experiencing limited choice or our social world shrinks. We feel a sense of despair and most of all, we’ve entered a physical, emotional, and spiritual space we’ve never been before. We sit in a place of apprehension. It’s when we sit in this space,…
Las Vegas has always been the betting capital of the country. People flock to casinos hoping to win. We play the lottery, even when the odds of winning are 1 in 302,000,000. Why do we do this? Because we believe if someone has to win, why can’t it be me. The same is true when diagnosed with an illness. We…
I remember when I was a child being sick and aside from getting to stay home from school, I remember my mother comforting me. There was always Lipton’s chicken noodle soup. I like the noodles better than Campbell’s. Comfort takes many forms and how we internalize it helps in our healing process. I’ve been a quilter for over…
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