Words We Spell Differently and the Most Powerful Word of All

“Set a guard over my mouth, O L-RD; keep watch over the door of my lips.” Psalm 141:13 Words are life-giving and life-destroying. Sticks and stones break bones and names can hurt or heal.  As a young woman, one of my favorite movies was Brigadoon with Gene Kelley and Cyd Cherisse. In one scene, when …

Sweet Potato “Cream” Soup (Raw)

I'm very new to the whole raw food thing, and have been dipping my toes into it ever so slowly. But this week I visited with CatLady, the woman who introduced me to the raw food idea, and she told me about a new soup she likes. Yesterday I stopped by the health food store, …

Today’s tasks

School, scrape, spackle, paint.

Today

Today I met with one of the people involved in the painful situation I wrote about yesterday. I didn't even have the faith to see G-d work in it, but I tried to do the right thing and asked G-d to step into the gap. He did. Things are not fixed, by any means, but …

My Heart is Heavy

There is a situation in my life that is deeply painful. I have been praying for G-d's healing in it for over 15 years. A year ago I began fasting over it as well, and have been surprised to see some tiny improvements. But it still pains me and pains people I love. Please pray …

Back to Work

Tonight I have a direct sales party scheduled and I am the sales rep running the show. It will be my first party in several months, since I took some time off to be with a daughter who wasn't doing well. She's doing better now, and I'm back onstage again. I'm nervous. There's no need …

What’s Your Goal?

Thinking about leaving direct sales. Scared to death of losing something I need.

Learning How to Blog

In the middle of preparations for a workshop I'm teaching this weekend, and taking a break to choose a blog name.