Mosa, let's play! I just spent a few days with our grandsons who are ages 3 and 18 months. They have four settings: Play, Eat, Sleep or Cry because we are transitioning between the first three settings. The older one is starting to make up his own games. We played "Hot Potato" as he called… Continue reading Let’s Play
From my new favorite song, Music to My Eyes is this line, I want to sing you a sunrise and be the dawn I know will move you. I cherish being up early. My husband gets up super early and I make sure I'm up an hour before he is just to soak in silence,… Continue reading Good Morning Apricot Mango
I'm asking everyone I see to speak to me slowly. I'm still on sloth time, island time, vacation time or whatever you want to call it. My husband and I just spent a week on the beautiful island of Roatan in Honduras. A therapist told us once that every couple should go away alone for… Continue reading Sloth Envy
On Saturday I was on a mother daughter trip to Napa, California. It was a beautiful, sunny, just right temperature day. Seventeen moms, daughters, sisters and friends were toasting life on a hill overlooking the valley. The lush green landscape was covered with flowers, hummingbirds and grapevines. Several of the daughters were celebrating turning thirty… Continue reading Sad Laughter…A Tribute to Rachel Held Evans
Two weeks ago, I wrote in this space https://drcindyryanblog.com/2019/03/05/this-is-my-brother/ about my brother and the heartwrenching decision of the United Methodist Church at General Conference regarding the worthiness of LBGQT persons. I shared my anger, disappointment and grief over the decision. From my perspective as a clergyperson who served in the United Methodist church the better… Continue reading One Heart at a Time
