The Facelift Diary
My Facelift Recovery: was the glow-Up worth the blow up? I did not float out of facelift surgery looking “refreshed.” I looked… rearranged. Bloated. Brown from resurfacing. Tight. I was horrified, sure that I’d made a terrible decision and would have to live out my remaining years wearing a burqa. But now that I’m three […]
Happy Birthday EO Ramey
I’ve been thinking about my dad a lot—not just because today would have been his 100th birthday, but because he lived with integrity, honor, and compassion. He’d be horrified by this administration and the man masquerading as president. Trump and his enablers are waging war on the most vulnerable, dismantling the democracy my father and […]
This is 65.
I turn sixty-five this month, which is weird and amazing. I look in the mirror and see me, only me, 2.0. It turns out that doing less has provided more. And not all of those “mores” have been easy or appreciated.
Janet and Healing in Mexico
I noticed Janet and Micheal immediately as they walked into the restaurant in Troncones Beach, Mexico. I was hosting a retreat, they were on vacation, returning to a favorite spot for dinner. I thought they looked like an interesting couple so I walked up to their table and introduced myself. “Hi, I’m Tina. You two […]
Why Celebrate the Summer Solstice
The first day of Summer reminds us to celebrate the nourishing light of the Sun. It’s also a moment to cultivate the light that radiates outward from within each of us.
The Sabbatical
I generally write to you during the full moon; the full moon symbolizing the realization of seeds planted, a time of celebration. This month, I’m writing during the dark moon. The dark moon appears in the sky during the last 3 days of every lunar cycle. It can’t be seen with the human eye, but it’s […]
Prayers and Profanity
I haven’t been sleeping well this week. My conscious desire to patiently surrender to current events evaporates at 230 each morning. I bolt awake, my veins coursing with a toxic mix of anger, fear, dread, and heartbreak. I don’t know whether to pray or swear at the top of my lungs. As a […]
Everything Changes
I know change is inevitable and yet, I still resist and deny it when it arrives. I’m not sure why I insist on giving change such a bad rap because, in truth, change has been my life long friend. Change helped me find the courage to leave an abusive man with no real home and […]
Back from Belize
“For though we stubbornly cling, believing in our moment of hunger that there is no other possibility of love, we only have to let go of what we want so badly and our life will unfold. For love is everywhere.” ― Mark Nepo, The Book of Awakening
21 Days in New Zealand
I’m lucky. I know it. The word is literally tattooed on my body. As someone who never traveled until she was in her mid-forties, I’ve been making up for lost time, especially in the past few years since I met my husband. The rate of that travel has accelerated recently because last year life acutely […]
