Why forgive? 3 expensive pitfalls of blaming
Humans crave certainty in an uncertain world. One way of handling uncertainty is by blaming. While blaming helps create a sense of certainty, it also comes at a high price. Do you think the price of...
View ArticleGlutton for Punishment (Part Two)
I knocked on the door two times before the door slowly opened. A woman cautiously peaked out through the parted doorway. I was relieved to discover she was fully clothed. I stammered out, “Hi, I’m...
View ArticleRemembering An Anniversary
When someone we love passes away from our presence, all that we have left are the memories. The cale
View ArticleJake Brewer 1981-2015
The one defining commonality of the human species is that we love our children. So much so, that sometimes, that love is a vulnerability that is so intense, it can take our breath away. Would we do...
View ArticleOne Step at a Time: Moving Forward
There are days when my emotions take over. Today is one of those days. Change – we must adapt. We must keep moving forward. I keep telling myself to stop looking back. “Hold on to the memories; take...
View ArticleI'd Do Anything If Only
Atina! Stop shredding your bed! Atina! You can’t have chocolate! You’re a dog! Chocolate is NOT good for doggies! Atina! Get that goddam wet ball out of my face! Atina! SHUT THE FUCK UP!!!...
View ArticleA Strange Work
http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/images/h2/h2_41.1.31.jpg So this is what the Sovereign Lord says: “See, I lay a stone in Zion, a tested stone, a precious cornerstone for a sure foundation; the one who...
View ArticleThe Comfort of a Memory Bear
Until you actually hold a Memory Bear, you will not experience the comfort it brings. Recently, I wa
View ArticleGrief is Personal
In this life, everyone will grieve; some more than others and some deeper than others. Nevertheless,
View ArticleGlutton for Punishment (Part Three)
I looked at every house, every yard, every pothole in the road on my walk to my husband’s old house. In my mind, I predicted how the dramatic event would ultimately go down. Somewhere nearby, a violin...
View ArticleDreams of Drinking
Woe to you, Ariel, Ariel, the city where David settled! Add year to year and let your cycle of festivals go on. Yet I will besiege Ariel; she will mourn and lament, she will be to me like an altar...
View ArticleBetter Days
~~~ Often, we look to better days when life’s road gets rocky and the way is hard to find. We rememb
View ArticleOctober Promotions for Breast Cancer Awareness Month
For Immediate Release: During Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Part of Profits from Book on one Family
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A few weeks ago I did a review a memoir by Neil Patrick harris, so I thought I would talk about my all time favorite memoir. The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion. In college I took a Death and...
View ArticleWhat if you knew this was your last day, would you change your story?
Here is the beginning to my next book…please tell me what you think in the comment section, or email me through my website, www.bethgineris.com in love and light, bg The Path to Grace, my life from 30...
View ArticleDays Ahead
Some of you are aware that I made the decision to leave my job last week. It had been time for a change, time to have time to do some of the other things that are important to me. I am on a road trip...
View ArticleWith Each Sunrise
Psalm 90:12 Teach us to number our days that we may gain a heart of wisdom. With each sunrise, we ar
View ArticleWHERE DO YOU BELONG?
Having experienced so much sickness and death of close family and friends over the past few years has led me to a more intense mode of seeking God. He is my / our Heavenly Father who created all things...
View ArticleBirth of Shamas Orion
I would like to introduce myself. My name is Shamas Orion. I’ve been using this blog to express some of my shadow work in the past, but I have been called to take this the next level, hopefully by...
View ArticleWhy did I get cancer? – playing with philosophy
This is a question I struggle with some of the time, and it seems to be part of the human condition to try to make meaning from our experiences, to try and develop theories that help make life seem...
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