by Kristen | Nov 29, 2021 | Resilience When Life is Hard
One of my best friends from high school is alone at home recuperating from Covid. His wife, who has severe MS, is in a recovery center trying to get better with thinly-stretched medical care. (They were both vaccinated.) Another friend’s son is waiting to see...
by Kristen | Nov 13, 2021 | Resilience When Life is Hard
Oh my gosh, I’ve been having the most blissful time cocooning. Actually, it’s been like being wrapped in a cozy blanket inside a bubble inside a cocoon. And like a little larva, I’ve been evolving inside it. I’ve been thinking deep thoughts. I’ve written thousands of...
by Kristen | Sep 12, 2021 | Resilience When Life is Hard
September 12, 2001 Inexplicably, the sun came up again this morning, as if nothing had happened. As if the world—or America, at least—hadn’t been changed forever yesterday. As if thousands of innocent people hadn’t been killed for reasons I cannot comprehend, by…who?...
by Kristen | Sep 5, 2021 | Resilience When Life is Hard
Two years ago this month, my breast cancer was advancing again. It was back in my liver and spreading through my bones. I was on my third or fourth line of estrogen-focused chemo, but it seemed clear that they were no longer working. My (former) oncologist still...
by Kristen | Aug 29, 2021 | Living Fully No Matter What Happens, Resilience When Life is Hard
When we are born, we come into the world fully loaded with spirit, personality, and potential. We have the wiring to become so many wonderful things. If we are lucky, we are welcomed at every stage of our lives for that original wiring—our families, friends, teachers,...
by Kristen | Aug 8, 2021 | Resilience When Life is Hard
I hope you never need this information. I hope you are gifted with good health and peaceful life. But just in case something comes along that upends it all, maybe have a quick read and save this in an “open in case of emergency” folder. It contains the three...
