Billy Boy

Making Amends

To All Those Creatures Who Enriched My Life Recently, I have been donating money monthly to a horse rescue (Colby's Crew Rescue) that buys horses from a slaughter facility, rehabilitates them, and finds them good homes. These horses have been…
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Stumpy, the Unicorn Fawn

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Today I Buried Stumpy (June 2021) My tears fall like glass. They pile up and cut me. I flounder through them as they slash my flesh. The warm healing water has not yet arrived. My tears are not a salve. They do not soothe. I ache. I ache for…
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Learning to Love the Hard Way

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Eventually, after the divorce, I married again. A second marriage for both of us. Finally, an adult. Two adults. I find connection, nourishment, and emotional safety that I could not have dreamt of before. We learned to love again.
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Healing From Trauma — It is All About Support

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In this story, I share how healing trauma is a long path that weaves through aspects of our lives. And it always involves getting enough emotional support.
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The Numinosity of Love

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When we get caught, there is a reason I am caught. Watching, I wait. Will they get together? How does this keep happening? They love each other. Please. This is the power of love. I have been caught before. This time it is with Anne…
Journey of aliveness

You Are on a Journey of Aliveness

Owning it will change your life We are alive; every breath, every action, every moment is alive. Every moment we generate energy — love, hatred, peace, joy, stress, determination, force. We may do this because of or in spite…
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An Open Heart, Becoming Our Best Selves

We have stories alive in our minds, our bodies, our souls — writhing and pushing against each other. I slowly tame my wild mind and open my heart.
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The Magic of Living and the Limitations of Will Power

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Although I was on the journey to find my health, the journey itself was the teacher. Health was the outcome. What emerged for me was a new understanding of how the world works.