PinnedMember-onlyWe are not separate, we are one Human RaceAre you afraid of your neighbor? Don’t trust strangers in the grocery store? Think the worst of people you bump into on the street? Guess what? You have probably been watching too much TV news. Modern media corporations operate by shocking you, making you afraid, or worse. Even the weather…Helping During Disasters3 min readHelping During Disasters3 min read
PinnedMember-onlyBeing used by God/the Universe/ SourceI am sure that a lot of us feel that we are moved by God/the Universe/Source to do all kinds of things. Like you check on a friend just when she was having a dark night of the soul, or you ask a friend a question that helps them talk…God7 min readGod7 min read
PinnedMember-onlyDaffodil in the graveyardI pushed up through the moist Spring earth.Poem1 min readPoem1 min read
PinnedMember-onlyMoving through time (growing older)It was pretty simple then. When the mannequins in department stores spoke to me, and helped me find my mother by pointing in the direction she had gone. When my tiny blue plastic mermaid slept safely on her cotton padding in a small white gift box in my desk at…Passing Of Time3 min readPassing Of Time3 min read
PinnedMember-onlyTable of Contents for my articlesHere is a list of my articles by category. This page is copied from Joan Gershman with gratitude. My Categories (in alphabetical order): Birth and Parenting You have to fill the empty nest… Or it is really sad. When my youngest kid went to college a few years back, it felt so WEIRD to be home with just my…lynnethompson574.medium.com Surrendering to Motherhood with my au pair’s help I met my husband a bit later in our lives. He was 30 and I was 32. I had been married 7 years before that, and it was…lynnethompson574.medium.comIndex5 min readIndex5 min read
Sep 6Member-onlyDid you know you can give more than one clap for someone’s article?I didn’t — until recently. Jan Sebastian told me. She gives everyone the maximum number of claps (50) when she reads an article. What’s more, she highlights something in the story and usually leaves a comment. This helps you move up and get more noticed. We should all be doing…Support Others On Medium1 min readSupport Others On Medium1 min read
Aug 25Member-onlyWhy do you experience change as loss?I am 65 years old. And I remember a lot of things that are no longer here. I feel the need to inform the people around me (usually in the car), “Oh, that used to be the hamburger place with the honeybees on the sign.” It can be disorienting to…Resisting Change2 min readResisting Change2 min read
May 3Member-onlyWe have to accept not knowing whyIt’s really hard when we lose someone close to us, or a friend loses someone suddenly. Grief can strip everything from us, our sense of security, our joy, our sleep! It pulls the rug out from us and we try hard to keep on going. After a while, we start…Grief2 min readGrief2 min read
Apr 22Member-only“Stinkin’ Thinkin’” — Time to stop either-or thinkingI grew up in an alcoholic household. I am the child of an alcoholic. My father was what you call a “functional alcoholic,” whatever the heck that means. But he lived to be almost 89 and was drinking until the end. …2 min read2 min read
Mar 20Member-onlyMemories and their keepersHow far back do you remember? Not sure how this happens, but at my later age, I look back and really remember things, things from my childhood, specific events, days that happened over 50 years ago. My earliest memory is when I was about 3 years old. We lived in…Memory3 min readMemory3 min read