On The Mend
Christina’s 12 year old weekly blog

Have I been Faithful To Myself?
I was interviewing Dr. Parker J. Palmer, an extraordinary poet, writer, change maker. And in the middle of the interview, he asked me if I

The Two Moons
It’s late Thursday evening as I am writing to you. And the dark of the night makes for a deeper connection between us. It’s almost

Something Is Coming
I have always known when something was about to change in my life. Sometimes I would know it for years beforehand. I would tell people

Safe Worlds
I have a few favorite movies I watch over and over again. They are my safe worlds. I go to them when a day has

Don’t You Give Up
Sometimes it will feel as if nothing makes sense. Nothing at all. You can’t fathom why bad things happen to you. Even though you try.

The Good Letter
I have been working longer hours lately and today I didn’t get a chance to sit and write you a letter. You may think, but

You Didn’t Leave
What if you were free. To be what you feel To scream out your name. And jump inside the pain Would you? Live in it.

Find Your Lava
I have been seeing a therapist lately. We are trying to figure out how the heck did I change so much since the loss of

Why Don’t You Put Some Makeup On?
I posted a video about the Life Reentry class on facebook the other day and a woman commented under it, why don’t you put some

Endings
It was not like any other day. Something was in the air. A heaviness, with no name. A knowing. A goodbye. An Ending. A full

The Forbidden Path
I have been trying to write you this letter all day long. I have so much to tell you that my thoughts are competing for

My Imaginary Friend
Before Bjarne passed I used to be very social. Big dinner parties at my house. Hanging out with many friends. Phone calls for lengthy conversations.