Slipping a Cog
This past week has been a whirlwind of activity every parent understands: the last week of the school year. In a practical world, albeit less fun, the activities and festivities would be spread out...
View Article“AGk” Day
Last Friday, July 8th, was Appreciative Grandkids Day. Don’t be concerned if you missed it. Thankfully, it wasn’t another greeting card concocted holiday. Actually, we made it up. It also happens...
View ArticleThis Sucks
“This sucks. This really, really sucks,” she said, shaking her head and looking into the empty corner of the room and then back at me. She sat and contemplated the latest disappointment, the most...
View ArticleSkin Deep
“Changes, like aging, are defined by the driver, the body just happens to be the vehicle. Over identifying with the vehicle, is like confusing the rind for the fruit.” I have been steeped in beauty for...
View ArticleSifting Sand
He’s a regular visitor on our vacations, Monsieur Seeker. Though it’s a private beach, anyone is free to walk the Bay’s shoreline, thankfully. So, there is a lot of peaceful foot traffic and some...
View ArticleWell-Worn With the Habit of Worry
This blog has been quiet for over a month now, and yet, it has been anything but quiet behind the blog. Shifting sands, rolling waves, sweeping tides. Water is my favorite metaphor; it explains so...
View ArticlePleasantly Disentangled
“One year ago I decided to lay down my sword and accept my anger’s presence. If I see it clearly, then I cannot follow it blindly.” This time last year I was on a silent retreat in Upstate New York …...
View ArticleFor the Sake of Each Other
“From the standpoint of daily life, however, there is one thing we do know: that we are here for the sake of each other – above all for those upon whose smile and well-being our own happiness depends,...
View ArticleNew Tree Smell
There is something new in the (Rice)-Oeschger household and it isn’t a new seasonal soy candle that smells like pine, cinnamon, or pie or something called “sparkle” that is a mix of all these scents....
View ArticleFOUND
We spent this New Year’s Eve in Chicago with our best friend’s. We all met in college and we rotate hosting each year. This year we celebrated in their new Buck Town home. Built sometime in the...
View ArticlePart 1 – Walking on Earth: Please Take Care
This month has been unusual for January in Michigan. Last week started near 50 degrees with rain, middle of the night thunder and ended with freezing temps and snow (the lovely glittering kind) which...
View ArticleFlowing or Floating?: A Mother’s Day Wondering
It is Mother’s Day. At 7:15 this morning I woke up to the 2nd reason I have to celebrate this day; our youngest daughter. Yesterday, she re-discovered my childhood stuffed animal, Floppy. She is...
View ArticleTrusting Abundance
This blog has been silent for one year. I did not intend to stop writing and I haven’t entirely, but have instead shifted my attention toward an overwhelming opportunity that arrived early last year....
View ArticlePatience as Practice
Originally posted 4/7/14 on uofmhealthblogs.org Laura Rice-Oeschger, LMSW “Patience may seem like a superficial virtue, but actually it embodies a deep insight into the nature of things: they’re...
View ArticleCare Partner: The Emerging Caregiver
Originally posted October 1st, 2014 on UMHS Blogs. by Laura Rice-Oeschger, LMSW. “A partner paradigm strengthens our interconnectedness … Continue reading →
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