Spirtuality | Sheila Collins

Revisiting The Power of Anniversaries

by Sheila Collins | Oct 30, 2019 | Art & Life, Good Will Come, Grieving, Institutional Loss, Past Events, Personal Stories, Resilience, Rituals, Self-Care for Caregivers, social justice, Spirtuality, The Art of Grieving

When I awoke last Sunday morning I knew it was the day – the one year anniversary of the mass shooting at the Tree of Life Synagogue in my hometown of Pittsburgh PA. Eleven people lost their lives and several others were seriously injured in the worst...

Art Making & The Art of Grieving

by Sheila Collins | Sep 18, 2019 | Grieving, Health and Wellness, Personal Stories, Resilience, Self-Care, Spirtuality, The Art of Grieving

Have you ever done something you didn’t think you could do? Tried something that you were pretty sure you would fail at? That’s what I did last night at my artist friends, Shari and Gloria’s house. They have an occasional event they call the Blue Sky Gathering and...

Friends of Mind

by Sheila Collins | Aug 15, 2019 | Environment, Gatherings, Health and Wellness, Personal Stories, Resilience, Self-Care for Caregivers, Spirtuality, Women, Girls & the Feminine

Driving through West Virginia with three colleagues from Pittsburgh we alternate driving, talking, eating, and napping. The GPS indicated it’s a 9+ hour drive to our retreat center destination in North Carolina. No worries though because we have brought enough...

Some of My Relations

by Sheila Collins | Jul 18, 2019 | Environment, Personal Stories, Spirtuality, Stillpoint, Story-telling

I love nature, the forest and the trees, the rivers and the ponds, but I’m not exactly an outdoorsy person – more a viewer from the banks and overlooks. Several times a year I go to the Piney woods in East Texas to visit a retreat center, but unlike the old days when...

The Long View – Laughter and Tears at our Celebrations

by Sheila Collins | May 1, 2019 | Art & Life, Good Will Come, Grieving, Personal Stories, Resilience, Rituals, Spirtuality, Stillpoint, Story-telling, The Art of Grieving

Sure as the apple blossoms appear on the trees, we’re likely headed to our computers to select a gift for a relative’s upcoming wedding. My husband’s family was a bit ahead of the usual societal schedule this year as we’ve just returned from a family reunion that...

Gifting & Receiving

by Sheila Collins | Dec 12, 2018 | Christianity, Gatherings, Our Children, Past Events, Personal Stories, Rituals, Spirtuality, Story-telling

December is the season of gifting in our Judo-Christian world, though most religious experts would warn against too strong an emphasis on securing material gifts for the holidays. All our thinking, planning, shopping, (or if you’re...

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