What does the caterpillar have to do with me?

I was driving away from the house in which I had grown up in, tears running down my face. It was the last time I would ever see it again, ever set foot in it as the house and surrounding farm buildings were going to be demolished. I was devastated. A few days later I...

What meeting the skunk taught me

I stopped dead in my tracks. There was, about 5-6 feet from me, a skunk walking straight towards me. Now, I definitely didn’t want to get sprayed …. What should I do? Run? Walk? Stay put? I decided to stay put. I’ve learned that sudden movement can...

When everything seems to fall apart

Over the past few months I’ve been through an emotional roller coaster; I felt exhausted, tears shooting into my eyes as soon as someone as much as looked at me, and I hardly held it together. Combine sleep deprivation with emotional stress and you have the picture....