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...
by mforde | Nov 13, 2017 | Uncategorized
I experience the world as an intricate web of interrelated metaphors. Metaphors help me make sense of and work through challenges in my life. When it comes to messages from my body, I find this especially helpful. Metaphors usually help me gain insight about the...
by mforde | Nov 2, 2017 | Uncategorized
I have had an altar space in my home for several years. It’s where I keep my candles, guidance cards, essential oils, palo santo, sage, crystals, etc. — special things. I typically meditate and journal near my altar in the morning, pulling out whatever...
by mforde | Oct 25, 2017 | Uncategorized
The first time I gave Peso a bath I accidentally dyed him blue. Not kinda blue. He was white. And then he was BLUE. Through and through. Like a smurf. How did that happen? Great question. I rinsed him with a bucket of water to which I had added...
by mforde | Jun 24, 2017 | Empowerment
Dear friends, I was recently abruptly displaced from my home right after suffering the loss of my dearest soul-sister-friend. Being without a home in SF while grieving an overwhelming loss has placed me on a transformative journey that is inspiring in me a new...
by mforde | May 8, 2017 | Hospice
I have been present for moments surrounding nearly a thousand deaths, an honor that few experience, but to me, is much more than a job. As a hospice nurse I have borne witness to some of the most profound moments of people’s lives, the end for some, and the loss, pain...
