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A Summer Solstice Ritual Inspired by My Dying Husband
My husband died in the summer of 2022. He had Alzheimer’s. We had been married for 41 years. I cared for him at home until the end. Ours was what family and friends called a fairy tale marriage. Odd as it might sound at first, his dementia journey and my experience as his caregiver…
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Ritual: Soup to Heal the World
All over the world, relationships are nourished with food.I created a ritual to provide virtual nourishment. My inspiration? Spiritual activist Caroline Casey who says, “Imagination lays the tracks for the reality train to follow.” All aboard! Parliament of the World’s Religions Do you want to help the world? Look for hope. I…
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Spirit Spoons: Your Magic Wands
Follow the Sun Did you use a spoon to stir your coffee or tea this morning? Did you feel a sense of power? From at least the 1700s, ancient cultures in Europe, and I suspect elsewhere, too, considered clockwise movement to be the movement of the sun. Since the sun was seen as the…
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Bowls of Abundance: A Spiritual Ritual for a Moon Circle
For many years, I led a women’s moon circle in my home. Our purpose was to: Celebrate the seasons the way our ancestors did Align our spirits with the cycles of nature Honor the Divine Feminine We met once a month on or near the full moon. There were four of us. We came…
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Rites of Passage: Funerals
Whatever your spiritual beliefs, death creates a threshold between the world of the living and the world of the dead. When we think of a funeral as a rite of passage, we’re referring not to the deceased but to those left behind. For the survivors, life is irrevocably changed by the death of someone significant,…
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The Dilemma of Dementia and Driving: Taking away the keys?
Your spouse has Alzheimer’s. You know he – or she – shouldn’t be driving. When you bring up the subject, you hear some version of, “That’s ridiculous! I know how to drive a car.” He might be right. He might still know how to drive a car. The problem is that he shouldn’t be driving…
