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NOT MY GIFT
NOT MY GIFT I wrote these words in a blog entitled “Wishes” in December 2019. “Painting is not my gift, so the wish was never going to...
Gwen Henderson
Jul 22, 2024


HOARDERS
HOARDERS One of my favorite authors, Julie Cameron says “God is shorthand for good, orderly direction.” Do you know a hoarder? I have...
Gwen Henderson
Jul 8, 2024


WHAT IS TIME?
WHAT IS TIME? As you might imagine, or maybe you wouldn’t if you had not walked in these shoes, having a diagnosis of cancer in any form,...
Gwen Henderson
Jul 1, 2024


YOU CAN HAVE IT
YOU CAN HAVE IT In April, my family (biological and chosen) attended the wedding of two beloved chosen family members. It was the best...
Gwen Henderson
Jun 24, 2024


FATHERLY ADVICE
FATHERLY ADVICE Upon entering the restaurant, she immediately folded her small brown seven-year-old fingers around the piece of red and...
Gwen Henderson
Jun 17, 2024


LOVE PRACTICE
LOVE PRACTICE The notion of love is never theoretical – love is a practice, sticks in my head and plays in a non-random loop multiple...
Gwen Henderson
Jun 10, 2024


A PIECE OF MY MIND
A PIECE OF MY MIND I have said it – I have heard it said. In case you are unfamiliar with the saying, it usually implies the intent of an...
Gwen Henderson
May 27, 2024


OWNERSHIP
OWNERSHIP I write about change and growth more than anything else. I search for different ways to say the same thing repeatedly because I...
Gwen Henderson
May 20, 2024


ICEBERGS
ICEBERGS Stay with me because I find them fascinating. Did you know? An iceberg is calved from a glacier, glaciers take thousands of...
Gwen Henderson
May 13, 2024


RAFIKI
RAFIKI Some years ago, my husband and I liberated a few Japanese Maple seedlings that had sprouted from fallen seeds under the tree in my...
Gwen Henderson
May 6, 2024


LIVE BIG
LIVE BIG Why live a teeny-tiny life? – doing tiny things with other tiny people -accomplishing the bare minimum if anything at all…simply...
Gwen Henderson
Apr 29, 2024
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