I have not posted in quite a long time. I hope to have more time to contribute to this blog (and some of my other ones) in the weeks and months. For now, please enjoy this delicious poem written by Anne Sexton that someone passed along to me. It is the perfect poem for this… Continue reading Giving Thanks for Each Morning
It was the best of times. It was the worst of times… I am not that into Dickens, but his words could not be more appropriate for the events of today in Boston and in the last month in my life. I have had my usual chronic health troubles amplified, and, well, put simply and… Continue reading Best of Times, Worst of Times: Boston and Me
After an email I received a few days ago, I felt compelled to post this snippet. I hope to write a book about my experiences with surgeons. I was born with cleft lip and palate. I give back to the community the best ways I know how, planning programs for teens and young adults. I… Continue reading A Snippet of a Book I have Yet to Write
I am never on time for anything, so to be early felt down right strange. I did not know what to do with my self. I knew 7 other people would be joining me to go to the college basketball game I would be attending today. I was meeting the family as part of some… Continue reading I’m Proud of Myself, How Strange an Experience
One of the things I thought of was a message that Yehuda Berg, a Kabbalah teacher] had sent me last week on the topic of transformation. He asked, ‘Why are we here? What the hell are we all doing, running around?’ And he said that the reason we’re here is to transform. Then I started… Continue reading Transforming Space, People, the Self
I went to see Aaron Lewis Thursday night, July 28, 2011. It is the 6th time I have had the privilege to go see him perform an acoustic set. I will never forget each and every time I am blessed enough to be in his presence and listen to him sing. The first time I… Continue reading Everything Changes
I journal and jot things down all the time. I have multiple notebooks all over the place. There is a reason for this. Yes, Staples and OfficeMax are my playgrounds. (I just love school supplies.) Also, I need to get my words, thoughts and prayers, even, out on paper. It is the only… Continue reading How to Make Your Own Gratitude Journal
Kara Jackman 