It is the small things. The ordinary things people walk past without a second glance, that seem to draw me near. Maybe it is the light, the shadow, the shape, the color or perhaps a great deal of time spent alone, in-doors, physically unwell. No, this affair began long ago, as a small child gaze transfixed upon dust motes sparkling in the wake cast by sunlight through windows. “Daydreamer”, they called me. I was not dreaming, I was fully present, just not to what the grown-ups were talking about. I was and still am w  i  d  e,  w    i    d    e   awake to this simple truth.      I AM IN LOVE WITH LIFE.         

… And I see it in freckled amber leaves and broken twigs resting on rain-pocked snow.


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Laura is a mother, wife, visual artist, writer, singer-songwriter and experiential educator combining art, yoga, meditation and Jewish spirituality. She is also a Creativity Coach, SoulCollage®  facilitator and Spiritual Director. Throughout the past 11 years of child rearing, teaching, facilitating and eventually coaching and spiritual direction, she has also been ill with a wide variety of symptoms receiving several different diagnoses. On September 3, 2009 after an emergency room visit, she was finally diagnosed with RRMS (relapsing remitting ms). While no longer able to work outside her home, she continues to be engaged in the world through blogging regularly and offering individual services via the Internet and phone conferencing. As challenging as living with a chronic, disabling disease is she feels that in many ways, MS has expanded her heart, mind, soul and appreciation for all the things her body IS able to do.  “It seems that as the neural connections in my central nervous system decrease, my compassion toward my own lived experience and toward all beings increases. For this I am deeply grateful.” Laura's columns focus on "Healing with Gratitude."