Category Archives: Present Day

Legacy

Posted on September 23, 2019 by jenny

Because of Stephen Jenkinson, I’ve been thinking about my legacy. I don’t care if people remember me. If Neskaya’s still going, I expect they’ll have a memorial service like the one we did for Evie. What I do know is … Continue reading →

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The Suffering of God

Posted on September 22, 2019 by jenny

Richard Rohr’s Daily Meditation from the Center for Action and Contemplation Sunday, September 22, 2019 I am not alone in my tiredness or sickness or fears, but at one with millions of others from many centuries, and it is all … Continue reading →

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There is no Planet B

Posted on September 19, 2019 by jenny

3rd cup. I see that the killing of the planet is what’s making looking at my own life and death be more meaningful than struggling to get my taxes done. It makes everything I have to do to keep going … Continue reading →

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Regrets

Posted on September 19, 2019 by jenny

Gregory Hoskins: I’m gonna take a little walk through them fields, I’m gonna carry me gently so my heart can heal I’m gonna find me a demon, in a dark dark wood You can’t come with me. I wish you … Continue reading →

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“A dying life that is faithful to the struggle of being human…”

Posted on September 18, 2019 by jenny

I stayed feeling pretty bummed out until I got to the chapter: What does Death ask of us? Then it sounded like there was something I could do with what time and energy are left to me. When I watched … Continue reading →

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Struggle and Confusion

Posted on September 17, 2019 by jenny

I have been having a very hard time for the last couple of weeks. I got Stephen Jenkinson’s book Die Wise, and have been reading it slowly. A lot of thought-provoking ideas. I think I started to go down when … Continue reading →

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Looking Straight at the Ending of my Life

Posted on September 4, 2019 by jenny

My friend Elizabeth sent me a link to a talk by Stephen Jenkinson. It didn’t do much for me, so I didn’t follow it up. More recently she sent me a link to a short film about Nights of Grief … Continue reading →

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Developmental Trauma Disorder

Posted on August 30, 2019 by jenny

In working on a previous post about developmental trauma disorder, I came across this paper by Bessel van der Kolk, who I consider the world’s foremost expert in trauma. Therapists who work with traumatized people have been trying to get “developmental … Continue reading →

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The Arctic is Burning, the Amazon is Burning

Posted on August 26, 2019 by jenny

I spent some time last week being totally freaked out about global warming. Through some synchronicities (see previous post) I was helped to understand how it related to my childhood trauma of being abandoned by my mother. The panic subsided, … Continue reading →

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Struggle to understand why I’ve been so freaked out…

Posted on August 22, 2019 by jenny

I haven’t posted for a while because I’ve been having a very hard time. The usual brain not working, often feeling shaky and weak, feeling burdened by so many unresolved things, unable to think what to do next, finding it … Continue reading →

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