“Go Ahead. Judge Me.” In coming up on the end of my first year of motherhood, I’ve been doing some reflecting on the things I’ve learned, and the first major lesson I’ve absorbed is this: Everyone judges my parenting; I am the worst mother in the world, and that’s okay. I work. Full time. Because […]
In Search of Our Home Home is something that everyone longs for no matter their origin or culture. In the end it’s the one thing that counts. A home is a place for our hearts to dwell; it reflects our soul and provides a sense of place from where to cast our lives. Home is […]
The Collective Unconscious Desire for Lasting Love Have you ever longed for something? You can’t stop thinking about it. Memories of it follow you around. It could be as simple as the desire for chocolate! Or something a little more profound, but either way we only long for things we know, or have been exposed […]
Without Others there is No Love “Fashion your life as a garland of beautiful deeds.” – The Buddha “The first duty of love is to listen.” – Paul Tillich “This world is nothing but a school of love; our relationships with our husband or wife, with our children and parents, with our friends and relatives are the […]
My True Identity Faith Fusion was fortunate to be visited by Dr. Michael Balcomb, the National President of the Family Federation for World Peace. He spoke on the topic of discovering our true identity. With his typical candor and humor he encouraged us to ask ourselves, “How does God really see me?” All of us […]
The Love of Music My wife and I became parents 25 years ago and it’s clearly a vast world, requiring long-term learning and growth. It’s apparent now that the next 25 years of our lives will be full of opportunities to learn things that we don’t yet know. But there’s one experience that I have […]
Puppy love is more than just a test of your gag reflex. God invented it. This little blogito began on an Amtrak train stalled in Philadelphia Station. The polar vortex had downed some lines north of Trenton. A conductor strolled by and I heard his radio say “… squak… crackle… sixty to ninety minutes…”. “We’re […]
Oklahoma Farming Don’t give a pet’s name to any animal you plan to eat. The farm had a few ponds, some forested land and several big fields where oats and grass for hay and grazing were planted. It had a big garden, a long chicken house and a barn with a corral and a stock […]
Screaming Baby When my son was 4 months old, he giggled. When he was 6 months old, he crawled. At 8 months, he was pulling himself up and pre-walking. By the time he was 9 months old, he was screaming at me. It wasn’t just that he screamed because he was upset. It was that […]
At Christmas, what is love if not sacrifice? True story. I sold my beautiful heirloom mahogany and glass display case to get enough money to buy Taeko an exquisite mother-of-pearl safety guard for her chainsaw. She opened her gift and began to smile while weeping softly at the same time. “What’s the matter, honey?” I […]
