Archive - Healing Happens

First Days and New Worlds

Show me a day when the world wasn't new.

Mar 28 •

And Now for Something Completely Different

The days of my life. By Scout.

Mar 15 •

From Hole to Whole

I climb back out of my hole where the darkness has held me in its grip, but also in its embrace. I bring the colors, the music, the chaos, the sweetness…

Mar 8 •

February 2024

Healing Still Happens

A year ago I started writing here as an exploration of the truths that life is hard and beautiful at once, and that it is possible to find healing even…

Feb 4 •

January 2024

Of Blessed Memory

I’m learning the dance of holding on and letting go on this side of the threshold. I imagine we will all learn the same again one day on the other side.

Jan 3 •

December 2023

To Tell the Truth

I remember that I never committed to telling a shiny story, but rather to telling a truthful one.

Dec 9, 2023 •

November 2023

The sacred and the seekers

Nov 15, 2023 •

October 2023

and paying the cancer tax. A story of hidden magic.

Oct 30, 2023 •

September 2023

Finding my Compass

I abandoned myself to anxiety for a time while planning this trip...At some point I realized I needed to get a grip and remember that this trip is…

Sep 21, 2023 •

August 2023

On wistfulness and Joni Mitchell.

Aug 25, 2023 •

Some thoughts on turning 60. From the ridiculous, to the slightly more meaningful.

Aug 6, 2023 •

July 2023

Cancer 101: Listen to Your Body

Today I’m writing something a little different. This is the story of my cancer diagnosis with lobular breast cancer, and it might be important…

Jul 12, 2023 •

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