I've always loved everything about Christmas. With the loss of my two parents nine months ago, this Christmas is quite different. Now, decades later, I am more closely relating to how my mother must have felt trying to make Christmas…
"Sanctuary, on personal level, is where we perform the job of taking care of our soul." ~ Christopher Forrest McDowell In rural Maryland there are an astonishing number of old churches and chapels. One of the most popular thought masters…
June 18, 2018, by Sue Batton Leonard It was a providential day! Lower humidity and pleasant temperatures seemed to have been heaven sent after the heat spell that's been present in Towson, Maryland. The sun filtered through the beautiful canopy…
"To let go in the deepest recesses of the heart, to release all struggle and wanting; leads us to that knowing which is timeless." ~ Jack Kornfield This past Memorial Day weekend was a bittersweet journey of the heart. Although…
"The Labyrinth invites and welcomes people to walk the path together. It calls them to the land in oneness." ~Anty Ali Golding, Aboriginal Elder Before my mom passed away we had some meaningful spiritual discussions. One day she said to…
“We must cherish one another, watch over one another, comfort one another, and gain instruction that we may all sit down in heaven together.” ― Lucy Mack Smith I gave myself a gift a few weeks ago. I revisited the church of…
"Gracious words are a honeycomb, sweet to the soul and healing to the bones." - Proverbs 16:23-25 I don't know about you but after this winter I'm feeling in need of a spring tonic; a big spoonful of comfort. A custom-made…
Good, honest, hardheaded character is a function of the home. If the proper seed is sown there and properly nourished for a few years, it will not be easy for that plant to be uprooted. ~ George A. Dorsey It's alarming!…
“Time unfolds beauty, wonder, and mystery to reveal the auspicious tapestry of life.” ― A.D. Posey In my blog writing today, I've gone back to a time and place when I was in high school. In front of me is a group of girls dressed…
"All good things are circular.” ― Kiersten White, Now I Rise The circle of life came very clear to me recently when my Mom was in a physical therapy rehab center. As weeks went by she learned many of her old friends are residents at the same life style…