like an arranged marriage...
I cannot say it was love at first sight. “It’s really beautiful,” I say. Inside I am thinking: but it doesn't feel like me. Me, a scrappy...
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I'm Sherry....
.. And this is the space where I share. My thoughts. Feelings. Stories. Books I'm inspired by. Music I'm listening to. Ideas about life. Musings. Meet me here, or subscribe and never miss an update.
- Jan 2
- 2 min
tell your story, don't dwell in it alone...
Two years ago I signed up for an online memoir writing class with Nancy Aronie. Nancy gave us a prompt, then fifteen minutes to write....
- Nov 30, 2022
- 5 min
We All Crave Love...
We often speak of love as a currency; an energy exchange between ourselves and another. Something given and received. With the love,...
- Nov 26, 2022
- 4 min
At My Thanksgiving Table
I can practically taste Grandma Elise’s famous potato chip crusted apple pie, even if it’s been years since I’ve eaten it, decades since...
- Jun 3, 2022
- 6 min
I earned these whites
At eighteen I found my first gray hair. I was looking in the mirror, before leaving for school, and there it was. One long wiry white...
- May 19, 2022
- 2 min
So, I did not do my IG Live.
So, I did not do my IG Live, as I told myself I would do every Wednesday. This living stuff is large. All the things. Not only the things...
- May 17, 2022
- 2 min
Student-Teacher, same person...
Sometimes, while teaching yoga, I say something ridiculous by mistake and people actually do it. It takes me off guard at times to...
- May 5, 2022
- 2 min
(audio) books and bike rides~
Among many others, two huge blessings came with 2022...audiobooks and bike rides! Audible has been a game changer for me! I've finished...
- May 5, 2022
- 2 min
Ease up, child. Ease up.
If you think about it, our great assets of character today are often byproducts of the ways we learned to survive as small children. We...
- Apr 26, 2022
- 1 min
I have the right to be here...
I have the right to be here. It is impossible to demo a posture on social media and celebrate its fullness. The idea that a single asana...
- Apr 26, 2022
- 1 min
a quiet "plunk"...
5:00 a.m.,while writing in the dark, I heard a little noise. A quiet "plunk" came from the windowsill where the house plants live. Was it...
- Apr 26, 2022
- 2 min
Harness the overwhelm
Let’s face it, everyday living can be a bit much: the to-do lists, the expectations, upholding importance, overstimulation, social media,...
- Apr 26, 2022
- 1 min
"Knock on wood"
Did you know that the term "knock on wood" comes from the ancient belief that every tree is inhabited by a spirit? The act of knocking on...
- Apr 20, 2022
- 1 min
We do not do yoga, yoga does us
It’s never about the pose, nor how I shape it. always about my willingness to meet myself while practicing it. lifetimes- mine and the...
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