Monthly Archives: September 2017

Pain

  “Pain insists upon being attended to. God whispers to us in our pleasures, speaks in our consciences, but shouts in our pains. It is his megaphone to rouse a deaf world.” ― C.S. Lewis A parent’s relationship to pain cannot help but be passed on to their children.  Like many of you, my mother’s complicated relationship with pain was passed on to me. Here … Continue reading Pain »

Kindred Spirits

This sculpture entitled ‘Kindred Spirits’ stands in a Park in the small town of Midleton in East Cork,Ireland It tells the story of how two nations came together in a dark and tragic time and through a simple act of kindness found their Kindred Spirit  The story also illustrates that when I choose to harvest the learnings from my own suffering they become the food of life for … Continue reading Kindred Spirits »

How I Found My Humor

“What monstrous absurdities and paradoxes have resisted whole batteries of serious arguments, and then crumpled swiftly into the dust before the ringing death-knell of a laugh” ~ Agnes Replier How my life has been shaped by humor. And to think how close I came to losing laughter forever. As a kid our home was filled with laughter. My dad was a laugh factory and his … Continue reading How I Found My Humor »