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Prayer is a mystery, beyond my comprehension, but that does not keep me from communing with God, my creator.  Growing up in a Catholic family, my parents introduced me to prayer. At a very early age I was taught to kneel by my bedside before crawling into bed at night. I’d bow my head and…

My yoga community is rather small and close knit. We often chat before and after class, sharing tidbits about our lives such as work, travels and family. Recently, one of the class members shared that he’d lost his last donkey. For thirty years or more, he’d raised four donkeys and they’d all lived long and…

Since completing and publishing my book, A Heart’s Journey to Forgiveness, there have been more opportunities to deepen and widen present relationships. After a family or friend finishes reading my story, many have expressed out loud and in my company some of their own dysfunctional behaviors. Recently, one such friend said to me, “I don’t…

Since publishing my book, A Heart’s Journey to Forgiveness, I’ve found myself in conversations with strangers who tell me they too are suicide survivors. It seems as though my story has opened up the opportunity for others to tell their story.  We Are Not Alone Although we might feel that having survived a suicide of…