COVID-19: “Just” a Virus?
Full confession friends, early in COVID-19’s infancy, I allowed naysayer thinking over coronavirus hoopla to creep into my brain-space. Totally guilty of expressing my opinion on how people have gone bonkers with all the hoarding. Pretty sure toilet paper isn’t…
Moving Beyond the Darkness — Lyme, Chronic Illness and Life
To know yourself as the Being underneath the thinker, the stillness underneath the mental noise, the love and joy underneath the pain, is freedom, salvation, enlightenment. —Eckhart Tolle Unexpected struggles and challenges throughout our lifetime (the bumpy pieces-parts) can affect…
Through the Glass
As I look through the glasspainted hues fill the sky Soothing glows subtle pinks mute the grays of the day Healing and peacefulthis moment in time God quiets my pain… as I look through the glass —Terry xx
Au revoir 2019
As we close out the year (and decade — what?!), like most human peeps, I’m taking a little time to give pause. The past twelve months seemed to fly by, yet colorful happenings provided ample filler. I’d much prefer to…
Holiday Blessings Of Days Long Passed — To My Mother, With Love
During the holiday seasons, Thanksgiving in particular, my thoughts tend to flow toward a time when family gatherings were a given. Life seemed much simpler. Calmer. Cohesive. Perhaps, because it was. My childhood home was perched in a tiny town,…
Deep From Within
My Soul Speaks Dark and dim, unrest from within Confused, disappointed, overwhelmingly weak Pleading for strength, for guidance I seek Saddened by struggle, present life, constant fight In search of true clarity and clinging to faith I’m looking and searching…
New Site. New Look. Welcome to Blatherings with Terry
Hello friends! It’s been a hot minute since I’ve blathered. Time for a quick update and a little blogging biz. Some of you reading this post may be loyal subscribers + followers of ColorMeLyme and/or The Blathering Housewife. Others are…
Positivity, Acceptance and Gratefulness in Tow, Healing is Still HARD! — A Personal + Vulnerable Reflection
Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will. —Mahatma Gandhi Updated: June 20, 2021 Healing. Is. HARD — Period. Stating the obvious, I know… but, seriously! To each and every living being coping with challenges…
Acceptance — A Powerful Element of Healing… and in Life
Acceptance makes an incredible fertile soil for the seeds of change. —Steve Maraboli Acceptance and the Healing Journey In following along with my reflections, you may notice the recurrent reference to illness and healing as a journey. That is what…
Illness and Healing — Finding Joy in the Journey
The shortest distance between two points is a straight line. —Archimedes Short, straight distances between points A and B rarely apply to daily life. Well, except for math. And architecture. Oh, and infrastructure. Art. Sports. Nature… Okay, so straight lines,…
