by Sheryl Lisa Finn | Jul 24, 2016 | 20s, Anxiety, Relationships, Wedding/marriage transition |
Oh, the list of thoughts that try to prevent us from taking the risk of loving wholeheartedly is quite long, but there are a few that always top the list, buzzing and darting in and around your ears like mosquitos in summer. I recently wrote about the “I wish he...
by Sheryl Lisa Finn | Jun 19, 2016 | Anxiety, Break Free From Relationship Anxiety, Intrusive Thoughts, Relationships |
We are addicted to our stories. The thoughts come in and take us away on their magic carpet promise of arriving in a land of certainty, where the vulnerability and pain of life can’t touch us. We learn early to climb aboard this carpet because, as young people,...
by Sheryl Lisa Finn | Sep 6, 2015 | Anxiety, Dying/Death, Highly Sensitive Person |
“Mommy, come quick! Hurry! Run!” my six-year old yells one summer morning as we’re playing outside. “What is it?” “Just come! Run! There’s a dragonfly drowning in the pool!” Upon hearing the reason for the alarm, my...
by Sheryl Lisa Finn | Aug 10, 2015 | Holidays/Holy Days/Seasons, Parenthood transitions |
As my son approached his eleventh birthday, I found myself sounding like those women who used to stop me on the street as I was walking with my newborn so many years ago: “Oh, sweetheart, what a beautiful baby! It goes by so quickly. Soak in every minute of it....
by Sheryl Lisa Finn | Nov 30, 2014 | 20s, Anxiety, Holidays/Holy Days/Seasons |
There is a room in your heart where sadness dwells. Each story of sadness lives there like a stagnant, frozen particle of light waiting for you to see it, to hold it, to wrap it in a blanket and bring it tea. When you visit your grief place with love, the particles of...
by Sheryl Lisa Finn | Feb 23, 2014 | Anxiety, Parenthood transitions, Relationships |
As we were leaving Everest’s wheel-throwing class today I struck up a conversation with one of the other moms. She has two daughters who attend the class and I asked the basic questions, “How old are they? Where do you live?” etc. The girls went to...
by Sheryl Lisa Finn | Nov 4, 2013 | Holidays/Holy Days/Seasons, Transitions - General |
Tomorrow I turn forty-two. Every time I’ve thought about my birthday these past couple of weeks, my mind intellectualized with statements like, “What’s a birthday, anyway? Another random and meaningless cultural construction. Just another day....
by Sheryl Lisa Finn | May 13, 2013 | Anxiety, Dying/Death, Relationships |
It’s a constellation of events and inner experiences that coalesce to create the perfect emotional storm that can only end in a release of grief, which is what happened a few weeks ago. My husband and I were struggling through a difficult conversation, I was...
by Sheryl Lisa Finn | Dec 18, 2012 | Uncategorized |
My heart is broken. When I first heard the news, I had to suppress the torrent of tears so that my sons wouldn’t inquire. I couldn’t let them know. Given that we homeschool, it’s likely that they’ll never know. If the adults around me...
by Sheryl Lisa Finn | Nov 4, 2012 | Holidays/Holy Days/Seasons, Parenthood transitions, Transitions - General |
I see her there, playing around corners, her hair sparkling with hints of gray. I watch her, lithe and supple, vibrant and alive, in the center of her womanhood, in the center of her life. I hear her whispering to me in poetry, the language of soul, inviting me to...
