by Karen Merry | Apr 27, 2020 | All Our Sorrows
I’m a total meltdown mess! I am sooooo angry! I kicked a hole in my bathroom door today. I was just minding my own business, cleaning the house, and for no reason, I just burst into tears. I feel like I’m going nuts. I actually threw a glass of water at my husband...
by Karen Merry | Apr 26, 2020 | All Our Sorrows
“A vital person is someone whose aliveness and spirit are expressed not only in personal productivity and activity—such individuals often infectiously energize those with whom they come into contact” –Chris Peterson & Martin Seligman, Character...
by Karen Merry | Apr 25, 2020 | All Our Sorrows
Circa 1967, I was watching one of my first Star Trek episodes when Captain James T. Kirk yelled out to his crew: Strap in; it’s going to get bumpy. Everything in me felt that strap-in command! I sat up a little straighter right there on the couch and was ready for the...
by Karen Merry | Apr 24, 2020 | All Our Sorrows
We are hard-wired for touch. All the latest brain-imaging research just validates what we’ve known for a long time: we need loving touch. A baby’s first and strongest response is to touch. They will grab onto a finger in their earliest moments before they even respond...
by Karen Merry | Apr 23, 2020 | All Our Sorrows
Here in our yard outside of Budapest, Hungary, we have these really sweet little birds called verebeks. Like chirpy little sparrows. They flit about from tree to tree, working hard to gather twigs and yard-fluff to make intricate nests. They lay beautiful,...
