by Sheila Graham Smith | Jul 7, 2026 | Meditation
Recently, we’ve moved Tim’s 95 yr old mom into a Memory Care Home here in Waco, TX from her Assisted Care Unit in Houston. Tim’s sister, Kathy, and her husband, Chris, have also moved to Waco. During this transition, they all stayed with us for a...
by Sheila Graham Smith | Jun 16, 2026 | Meditation
Yesterday, I commented to my husband, “I can’t remember when my body didn’t hurt.” I never really gave my body a second thought except for the silly teenage-like angst of, “I’m too tall, I’m too big, I’m too...
by Sheila Graham Smith | May 12, 2026 | Meditation
Habitually, birds chatter more than usual the mornings before a front blows through. They intrinsically know that food will become temporarily scarce or more difficult to get to when wind and rain obstruct their food source. On such a morning this week, as I sat on...
by Sheila Graham Smith | Mar 6, 2026 | Meditation
I’m angry. I feel abandoned. I’m sad. How can my dear, dear friend have died so suddenly this week? Weren’t we just laughing and talking a few minutes ago? I’m heart-broken. My homeland, Lebanon, is being torn to shreds. The blindness, the...
by Sheila Graham Smith | Mar 2, 2026 | Gardening Tips, Meditation
With the heartless slaughtering of innocents, ransacking of homes, destruction of livelihoods, and raping of life-giving lands, I find myself trying to heal the tiny, one quarter of an acre piece of dirt under my care. My garden has already earned the certified...
by Sheila Graham Smith | Feb 17, 2026 | Meditation
I miss my mind, body, and creative self. I lost them on a journey this past year. “How,” you ask? My kind, attentive, life-affirming rheumatolotist retired the previous January. We had slipped into gray-haired senior citizenship together. He was diminutive...
