by mforde | Jan 10, 2018 | Uncategorized
The first time I fell in love with expansive land I also fell in love with a person — and I think I had the two confused. . Sitting with him on top of Baja hillsides, I remember feeling like I could pull my breath in from miles away, that I could suck air in...
by mforde | Jan 9, 2018 | Uncategorized
Desert and poetry medicine: . How surely gravity’s law, strong as an ocean current, takes hold of even the smallest thing and pulls it toward the heart of the world. . Each thing— each stone, blossom, child— is held in place. only we, in our arrogance, push out...
by mforde | Jan 1, 2018 | Empowerment
N E W ➢ Y E A R ➢ N E W ➢ A T T I T U D E This is the third year in a row I have reflected back on a rough year. The cancer diagnoses and heartbreaking losses really knocked me down in 2015. Annnnnd 2016. Annnnnnnnnnd 2017. Grief is not for sissies, that’s for sure....
by mforde | Dec 31, 2017 | Empowerment
2017 was the hardest year of my life – no contest. I have had a lot of things to be mad and sad about, but also, more blessings than I can count. New friendships, deeper bonds, healing insights and a profound sense of peace with my life are just some of the...
by mforde | Dec 12, 2017 | Hospice
The bat symbolizes darkness, letting go, death and re-birth. Even my animal spirit guide cards have got my number. There is no avoiding my assignment, no escaping my mission. It always comes back to death. I always find myself in the dark. And I wouldn’t have it any...
