Hope & HealingPausing It Happened in the Woods I started thinking about a distant relative on a walk in the woods. I had thought about her more often when she suddenly stopped speaking…Carly CroneSeptember 12, 2023
KindnessPausing It’s Most Likely not About You It started when I noticed the smell of incense. Then I began to notice the waitress placing flower baskets around the restaurant. A few minutes…Carly CroneJuly 30, 2023
Pausing Coming Back Home I laid on my yoga mat this morning and felt the rumblings of life stirring inside my mind, body and heart. I paused, breathed, moved…Carly CroneJune 6, 2023
Pausing Is it Really so Simple? Several months ago I was getting ready to leave on a trip to California for an annual meditation retreat. Before leaving I was sharing with…Carly CroneFebruary 7, 2023
GratefulPausing What a Duck can Inspire in Us A couple of times a week I head out to the woods for my hike. I do it for the exercise, but I equally make…Carly CroneJanuary 31, 2023
Pausing What Would They Say at Your Funeral A few weeks ago I was in a heated conversation with my teenage son, and he asked me, “Why do you have to relate everything to…Carly CroneJuly 1, 2019
BlessingsPausing When Your Ducks Aren’t in a Row I’ve sat at my computer and stared at the screen several times over the past few months waiting for that moment when my mind is…Carly CroneNovember 7, 2016
MotherhoodPausing The Woman I Met I met a woman recently who shared her story with me. She had never before spoken about her experience. She had kept relatively private about…Carly CroneJanuary 14, 2016
Pausing A New Year’s Intention It’s that time of year. If we haven’t already set a New Year’s resolution, we’ve at least thought about it or felt the expectation that…Carly CroneDecember 16, 2015
Pausing Getting on an Airplane My brother-in-law was adopted in Texas in 1966*. For the past several years, we’ve had candid conversations about the impact of not knowing who his…Carly CroneDecember 6, 2015