Women's Month

March is National Women's Month. Women, the sacred feminine, is essential to all life. She is half the conversation. She is half the salvation and half of our wholeness.

It is finally time for women to thrive. Our world has had enough of male dominance and macho ego. The voices of great women from Mary to Magdelene, from Eleanor Roosevelt to Mother Teresa, have taught us there is another way. Even Jesus came to us "meek and humble of heart" (Matthew 11:29).

It is time to heal the male addiction to power over others. Maybe the eternal feminine is needed to heal our wars, oppression, hatred, and mistrust.

We must listen to the feminine voice inside all of us.

Empathy

Empathy does not make us soft. Empathy makes us fully human. When we can understand those that feel very differently than we do, they become more human in our eyes.

It is very easy to be judgmental. It takes great effort and empathy to seek to know and understand. We can never know the history and challenges of those whose wounds we do not understand.

We have all been broken. We all will fall and fail, again and again. Empathy says “judge not lest ye be judged.”

Courage is calling...will we answer the call?

"From ancient times, a decline in courage has been considered the first symptom of the end." Alexander Solzhenitsyn

"If not you, who? If not now, when?" - Hillel

Courage is always a risk. Like all the courageous people of history, we are at a pivotal moment. 

Will we stand for character? 

Will we speak the truth? 

Will we conquer the fear of disapproval and follow our North Star? 

Will we be people of character and values?

Listen! Did you hear the call? 

Our life's mission calls to us from deep inside our soul. 

We each are invited to be all that we can be.

Sandra...

My wife Sandra, is full of love and joy. Most mornings you can find her singing a happy tune. Sandra has an inner light that never ceases to shine, even when we are challenged. 

Sandra is devoted to her family and is a good and loving friend. She has given the past 38 years of her life to our special needs daughter Ashley. In her 24/7 service, she finds a deep satisfaction. She knows she is fulfilling her purpose. Sandra has a deep and loving faith. Her life is not easy. 

An average day is up at 7:30 AM and she starts Ashley's medications, breathing treatments, percussion treatments, and diapering. Tube feeding also begins at the same time. On most days Ashley is up in her wheelchair by 10:30 AM and Sandra begins other tasks. At noon it is medicine time again and at 5 PM it is feeding time and it's 7 PM it is medicine time again. At 10 PM Ashley is put into bed and the breathing treatment, percussion treatment, and diapering begin again. Through all of this exhausting work, Sandra has a serenity. She is resolved in her loving care. She finds great joy and giving herself to the good of others.