On The Mend
Christina’s 12 year old weekly blog
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.