There was a moment this past week when a picture of a children’s hospital in Ukraine made me pause… pause in the way where everything moved in a slow motion, as my breath tried to move the tightness and heaviness I felt in my chest.  From somewhere deep within,...

First, I want to invite you to take a few breaths, become still and present, and then send a wave of love and prayers to the people of Ukraine. May the hearts and minds of the aggressors be opened and changed.  The situation in Ukraine brought up a lot of memories...

I was placing tiny seeds into the small recycled containers filled with good, fresh soil, imagining what they will look like in the summer: growing into big, lush plants that will hold ripe fruit which will nourish my body. I marvel at the miracle of growth every...

Last week I wrote about my son Amadeus co-directing a big design competition at his college. Yesterday, I watched him host a Zoom meeting where six judges selected the winners. The start-up business ideas these young people presented were amazing! Every one of them...

I cut a meeting short so I would be there for the opening. I rushed across the icy parking lot, got into my car, and clicked the Zoom link on my phone. “We have 274 people. No, 300. No, 350.” one of the hosts announced. The other host let out a laugh filled with so...

How are you? How is your health? (Not only your physical health, but also your mental and emotional health.)  Are you developing or enjoying some good habits at the moment?  Are there also some habits that you know aren’t good for your wellbeing, but you can’t seem to...

I took a class on Creativity and Collaboration this week, where the teacher talked about nourishing the soul. "If you find yourself reaching for comfort food, it might be that your soul is not being nourished", he said.  The opposite feels like fishes and loaves -...

“Hey there, Ms. Tatiana! How are you?” asked my doctor as I passed by him in the hallway of his practice.  “Well, I’m here to see you,” I said and laughed. “That should tell you how I am.” He laughed back. His nurse smiled as she invited me to step onto the scale. ...

It’s the beginning of another new year. And even though we have entered a whole new cycle, nothing has changed. You and me, we are just the same as we were last week, in December of 2021. Without the calendar that humans invented to mark time, there would be no...

Recently, when I was working late, I received this text: “Just finished my annual tradition of watching your beautiful, amazing Christmas concert. It’s never Christmas without belting out the Magnificat or crying to One Solitary Life. You are a true gift. And I’m...