So fellow travelers, I was working on a followup to my last post, just because there were a few thoughts still rattling around my mid-year exam week addled brain. I had a good beginning, all about how being in art class reminded me of the importance of perspective and how that’s a lesson which applies […]
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A Letter From Mom
Insight and wisdom on the challenges many with elders in their care will have to manage. Clear heartfelt words from a favorite writer and wonderful soul I am glad to call friend as well
Posted by Deborah H Rahalski on January 21, 2016
https://dhrahalski86.com/a-letter-from-mom/
Don’t lead with your wounds…
Profoundly moving words from Pamela Rickenbach, leader of Blue Star Equiculture horse sanctuary. The wisdom she shares in her writing comes from a true heart that has known great suffering and still reaches for joy and light. I am honored to share it here.
Posted by Deborah H Rahalski on January 20, 2016
https://dhrahalski86.com/dont-lead-with-your-wounds/
Stargazing Sisters
So fellow travelers, as far back as I can remember, I have been fascinated by the night sky. As a young girl I was that odd kid who asked for a telescope the year all the other girls wanted a Barbie Dream House for Christmas. The first poster I bought when we moved to a house […]
Posted by Deborah H Rahalski on January 15, 2016
https://dhrahalski86.com/stargazing-sisters/
The Poetry Challenge and the Pirate Dog
So fellow travelers, I work as a special education assistant at a local high school (“local” being a small town in Upstate, NY) This year I provide support in an 11th grade English class and one of the extra credit assignments was a poetry challenge. Students were given the opportunity to write a poem in the […]
Posted by Deborah H Rahalski on December 9, 2015
https://dhrahalski86.com/the-poetry-challenge-and-the-pirate-dog/
Thoughts: About Paris
Reflections from a gifted writer and someone I am blessed to know as a friend. These are thoughts which, as Tom’s writings so often do, echo my own feelings and struggles. It filled my heart with gratitude and hope. I hope it brings like blessings to my readers too.
Posted by Deborah H Rahalski on November 21, 2015
https://dhrahalski86.com/thoughts-about-paris/
Thoughts: Cycles of Encouragement
I was catching up with the posts on the Bedlam Farm Creative group facebook page and I saw this shot of the teacup. Even before reading the post, my eyes got all sweaty.I start my day with Tom’s poems, they always seem to have just the message I need ( not always the message I […]
Posted by Deborah H Rahalski on October 15, 2015
https://dhrahalski86.com/thoughts-cycles-of-encouragement/
And The Angels Smiled
I have much to share about an amazing weekend I spent with my creative friends. Here from the blog of writer Mary Ann Monteverde Hines is a moment painted with words both powerful and precise. Truly there is hope for healing of even the deepest pain when we come together with open hearts.
Posted by Deborah H Rahalski on October 12, 2015
https://dhrahalski86.com/and-the-angels-smiled/
Shedding Old Skin
An insight packed blog post from fellow Creative Group writer Mary Ann Monteverde Hines.
Posted by Deborah H Rahalski on October 6, 2015
https://dhrahalski86.com/shedding-old-skin/
Thoughts: I Am Fine
A thoughtful piece from writer Tom Atkins, authentic and from the heart. (and for the record I am fine too . Missing my birding buddy but doing fine with a quiet nest.)
Posted by Deborah H Rahalski on September 12, 2015
https://dhrahalski86.com/thoughts-i-am-fine/