Category Archives: spiritual

delving into the world of spirit

Ground Control

Falling asleep after a particularly challenging day at work my mind swirls around my hospice patients and the day’s events…I wonder if there is more I could have done to alleviate the suffering…it is not physical or emotional suffering that … Continue reading

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Conversations with the Otherside

Yesterday I saw something…no, I witnessed something,  because what was truly happening I could not see. A co-worker and I went to peek in on a potential hospice patient. We had reviewed her chart and she seemed “appropriate” but the … Continue reading

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How $5 changed my life

There are moments in your life that take your breath away. Twenty years ago I was the mother of three young boys, not a hospice nurse. I woke one morning to a sense of great sadness- but not my own, … Continue reading

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Broken Valentine

The other side of love is rarely celebrated, the broken heart after a break up or a passing of a loved one.  On Valentines’ day romantic love demands our attention, but what of us who stand on the other side … Continue reading

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Asking the Angels

I have always disliked certain clichés; they seem to me to reduce the human experience. “What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger” is my least favorite, because honestly aren’t I strong enough God? Apparently not. My spiritual muscles were flexed … Continue reading

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Rainbows from heaven

When I woke up this morning I had a women’s name in my mind- she lives far far away in another country- we have never met in person- just via my blog.  In my mind was a message for her … Continue reading

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Riding the wind

Recently I have found myself in a situation that does not feed my soul, perhaps my bank account, but not my soul. I had a reading with an exceptionally gifted intuitive   (Stephanielynnreadings@yahoo.com ). The spirits came to me and … Continue reading

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Rainy day and coffee

The gentle summer rains greet me this morning as I rise lazily from slumber. The night was peppered with images of lost items…. Symbolically looking for pieces of myself. Robert Moss ( http://www.mossdreams.com/ ) writes of finding pieces of ourselves through … Continue reading

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The story behind the story of “Little Star”

2007 was the beginning of a huge transformation for me.  I had hurt my back, ‘the curse of the nurse’ as we call it in the profession.  I was sitting on the couch sort of drifting when I had a … Continue reading

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