by Michele Taylor | Jun 19, 2021 | Courage, Thoughts About Healing
It’s official. On 15 June, my home state of California “Opened Back Up.” So far, it feels like a mixed-bag response. At the gas station: no masks, people chatting — as though pumping gas was the best party they’d been to in over a year. But at my fav craft...
by Michele Taylor | Jun 6, 2021 | Courage
The Snowflake Generation ( aka, millennials) is on its way out of the social-media spotlight. The next generation? Already its own meme. Still, there’s obviously a lot of comedic-value in making fun of Snowflakes. Friday nights I tune in to a well-known Boomer...
by Michele Taylor | May 18, 2021 | Courage
I can relate. Under pandemic stress, we made choices based on new realities. And some choices brought unexpected consequences. Moving to the country? A hassle now, driving long distances for supplies. Raising home-grown chickens? Who knew they needed so much care and...
by Michele Taylor | Apr 7, 2021 | Courage
I’d need way more fingers and toes, to count the number of times I’ve had to fake inner- strength. I was born to super-stoic parents. Personal crisis of any kind was kept on the D-L, no matter how bad things were. So even when my mother suicided (I’d just finished the...
by Michele Taylor | Mar 25, 2021 | Courage, Thoughts About Healing
Each time there’s another mass-shooting in the U.S. I feel shaken to my core. Grief, outrage, confusion. Old wounds from past shootings ripped open. Questions. Demands. Anger. Even though I’m far-removed from the incident I feel the ripple-effect: disbelief and then...
by Michele Taylor | Mar 20, 2021 | Courage
I got my first dose of the Covid vaccine yesterday. My doctor’s office “reached-out” (a phone robot, of course) with the particulars. The where/when of the drive-thru clinic. So I went. To an event that looked and felt like Area 51: tents, masks, Security,...