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Category: Spirtuality

Best of Mommess

Praying is the last thing you should do

Now, don’t get all hating on me for this. I believe in the power of prayer. Because of prayer, perhaps some important people in my life are alive.…

December 25, 2019June 2, 2023 · 2 min read

Mommess

The worm

Do you remember that story* about the two dimensional world, and what happens when a sphere goes through it? First the sphere looks like a dot, then like…

October 18, 2019November 15, 2022 · 3 min read

Mommess

Shifting

what if this were true?

September 25, 2019August 10, 2023 · 1 min read

Culture

Modern myths

Subtitle: Survival is only for those that can perish. I often wonder about the grand mythic strokes being written across America these last few years. They are big.…

August 10, 2019April 21, 2025 · 3 min read

Culture

Stealing Jesus

Christianity is being used.  And I don’t mean by typical, hypocritical lip service. I mean, Christians know if anyone truly accepts Christ, they are forgiven for all sins;…

January 15, 2019November 15, 2022 · 2 min read

Body & Health

I am my dogs

A generation ago, I had a dream, and I told my mentor about it. Black dogs are barking at me. It is depression. It looks like this (I…

December 12, 2018April 27, 2025 · 3 min read

Body & Health

The formula…

June 30, 2018May 29, 2023 · 1 min read

Best of Mommess

Spiritual Adulting: Part 1. I’m an American bigot. Ugh.

[new subtitle added in Nov 2024]: searching for one’s dog This morning I looked in the spiritual mirror and realized I was a bigot. Not a blowhard, Nazi…

June 18, 2018May 21, 2025 · 4 min read

Best of Mommess

Sinking Gifts. Rising Queen

I have been prone to depression, as have many of the women in my family. As are, no doubt, many others who are reading this. I have also…

April 24, 2018June 2, 2023 · 3 min read

Best of Mommess

Four Styles of Defining A Life

I wrote a chunk of a self-help book over a decade ago. It described the four styles people use to find — and define — meaning in their lives.…

April 19, 2018June 3, 2023 · 2 min read

Mommess

My poem to you

This poem is one of thanks. And it is for you. Dear friend, you are a woman of extraordinary depth. You feel. You feel for others who forget…

December 29, 2017June 1, 2023 · 1 min read

Mommess

And up we go again

After writing a few emotional posts lately, both “positive” then “negative,” I feel I must quickly get something down in this space that is positive again. Who will…

August 5, 2017June 1, 2023 · 1 min read

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