Blog Articles

After

By Suzanne Berndt - 06/01/2023

I recently purchased a vintage watercolor painting that I found attractive and repelling, simple and complex, familiar yet to be honest a little bit haunting. What more could you ask...

Beginning

By Douglas Withrow - 06/01/2023

I hate writing blogs. Well, hate is a strong word — but still. I stare at the screen, waiting for my muse, type a word, delete a word, have a...

What Makes You Hard to Live with?

By Cristine Toel - 05/01/2023

There is this powerful rut that happens when we plant ourselves in mud thinking if the person across from me would just get a clue, fix their problems, and stop...

Filth

By Hannah Kennedy - 05/01/2023

"It took many years of vomiting up all the filth I’d been taught about myself, and half believed, before I was able to walk on the earth as though I...

Horses: a Bridge to Healing?

By Shawn Rodrigues - 04/04/2023

The road to healing can be long and winding with many obstacles. Sometimes we need a bridge… It was a warm March afternoon as I stood with a father as we...

The Platinum Rule of Relationships

By Brian Case - 04/04/2023

“How could she not love that - I put so much thought/time into making her birthday special!” Many many years ago when I was in the first few years of my...

Tire Tracks

By Ken Wells - 03/08/2023

Series Three: Blog Alex had been cheating on Alice from day one. Secretly, he hired strippers at his bachelor party and never made it through his honeymoon without cheating with someone...

Who’s My Mother? Developing Self Parenting Skills

By Ken Wells - 03/06/2023

Series Three: Blog Ninety-Six Mothers are a powerful influence in the emotional development of every child. The emotional stress and strain that a mother engages while the child is in utero...