We should all have one person who knows how to bless us despite the evidence, Grandmother was that person to me.

We should all have one person who knows how to bless us despite the evidence, Grandmother was that person to me.

An enlightened person raises the level of the consciousness of the entire community.

To envy is to draw circles that isolate us from others, to take small, bitter trips that diminish the traveler.

I think this is what hooks one to gardening: it is the closest one can come to being present at creation.

Rearing three children is like growing a cactus, a gardenia, and a tubful of impatiens. Each needs varying amounts of water, sunlight and pruning. Were I to be absolutely fair, I would have to treat each child as if he or she were absolutely identical to the other siblings, and there would be no profit for anyone in that.

We revisit those places where we experienced love, as pilgrims return to holy places, to be reminded, restored, and reaffirmed by them.