You Have One Life. Be Bold!
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New Thought Minister/Counselor | Author | Speaker | Volunteer
How I spend my time in Portland...
As of this update (June 2021), we are just coming out of the 2020 Covid 19 pandemic. It was a rough year for a lot of people. I spent most of it learning how to edit videos and write more books, mostly ebooks, but soon, audiobooks.
I am also the minister at Unity Gresham (OR) and we were closed most of the year until around Thanksgiving. We've been doing Sunday gatherings once a month since then (masked and distanced) and are now about to go twice a month, and by Aug. 1, 2021, full time again. Most of our people have been fully vaccinated.
Can't wait.
I also volunteer (17+ years) for Ride Connection, helping seniors and disabled folks learn how to use Portland's public transportation system. (To brag a little, I was awarded Ride Ambassador of the Year at a big gala in 2013. Honored, humbled, happy!) Right now, due to the pandemic, the volunteer programs have been on hold. But we expect a return to action soon.
My favorite quote: "Be kind. For everyone is fighting a great battle." I do my best to live by that insight.
I've lived in Portland, Oregon, since 1988 after fair amounts of time in Vancouver, BC, Denver, Seattle, Los Angeles and San Francisco, plus Stuttgart, Germany during my military days.
My Life Work
I cut hair for a lot of years but after moving to Portland, I became a private caregiver (17 years); founded New Possibilities Center, Inc., a non profit New Thought spiritual center, in 1993 where I was senior minister through 1999. Officiated weddings and other cermonies until 2013. From 2007 to 2009, I was minister at Christ Light Unity (now Unity Gresham) in Fairview, OR. Then, after a long hiatus, they asked me back in 2018. I accepted and now am waiting out the pandemic before returning to our full Sunday service times.
(Boomers don't retire so fast anymore, in case you're wondering. Ha.)
Eating
My favorite foods are all vegetarian cuisine plus occasional treats. (We're all sinners on some level so forgiveness is necessary.)
How I Relax
Favorite pastimes: Video production, writing, keeping up with social media changes, delving into the various religions, spirituality, self improvement, and how to get more out my Mac. I keep myself up to date on the economy and what's new in job search, career coaching, and counseling.
My People
My life partner, Iris, passed away from liver cancer in January of 2014. She was 71.
My youngest brother, Don, died in 2010. He and I had been on the outs for a lot of years. Then, in 2005, he reached out to me. We made our amends and became as good of friends as one would want. I'm so very glad we did. For him to have died without our healing, well, I'm glad I don't have to imagine it.
I never knew cats could live so long, but mine, Annie, lived to the wise old age of 22. I spoiled her over the years with organic raw foods, purified water, and exercising her by making her chase her treats. It worked. (Annie's long life ended on Sept. 14, 2011.)
I spend a lot of my free time with great friends and my favorite sis in law, Linda, her husband and my brother Allen, and their daughter--my niece--LaRae. Oh, and their wonderhund, Luna, a Poodle/Maltese mix with high energy and lots of lovin'!
Thank you
Finally, blessings to you who pause here to read these words and the words of all the great writers at HubPages. You're why all this exists.
As Nikita Kruschev quipped, "Life is short. Live it up!"
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