Posted March 26, 2024 in Sacred Stories

Red-Shouldered Hawk - A Close Encounter

On Sunday, she received this wonderful blessing from a spiritual teacher who goes by the name Mother.

I am with you and I will climb on the back of your bike and enjoy the outings with you. If you go past something that catches your eye, just tap me on the shoulder and say […]

Posted December 30, 2023 in Sacred Stories

A Shared Love - Hawk

They had met years ago, when she and her husband were wintering on the east coast of Florida. A retired judge from Pennsylvania, he and his wife were also wintering in Florida. She and her husband attended a delightful birding class he was leading at the nature center. A shared love was born!

These many […]

Posted July 27, 2023 in Sacred Stories

Hello, Hawk.... Hello, Dad....

She wrote an email message to some family members and a few very close friends:

He’s been on my mind so much this past week, of course, it’s been a year since we were sitting with him while he made his transition. But this morning, very early, I wasn’t asleep, I guess it was […]

Posted August 22, 2014 in Sacred Stories

Hawk Visit

Hawk Visit

This photo of a red-tailed hawk, taken by Hart Rufe, is used with permission.

Following the transition of his young wife, a husband writes:

Over the last few years, my wife and I were working on spirituality in our lives. We participated in some drumming circles, shamanic journeys […]

Posted April 21, 2023 in Sacred Stories

Blue Feather

Opening Quotation by Julie Clapp

“When you believe beyond what your eyes can see signs from heaven show up to remind you love never dies.”

Blue Feather by Barbara Darling

After his untimely death at age 40 in 2009, Barbara’s son made himself known, comforting his sister and his dad. “Why not me?” […]

Posted April 27, 2020 in Sacred Stories

Messenger

Sacred Stories

A woman was sharing the origin of the grief journey group that had gathered for the first time via ZOOM. This group had been meeting for about twenty years.

The group had been started to support a man, with a young son, following the transition of his wife. He had […]

Posted September 22, 2013 in Debra’s Wellness Tips

It is Solved by Walking

A long time ago, in a far away place, Greek philosopher, Diogenes was asked whether motion is real. His reply was solvitur ambulando—which translates to “it is solved by walking.” Things were admittedly very different on planet earth in the 4th century B.C., but most health experts today would agree with him that many common […]