by Lindsay Hurty | Dec 10, 2022 | Personal Growth, Self Awareness
Note to reader: Originally published on 12.8.22 as an Advent meditation for St. Luke’s Parish, in which I reflected on a painting called Wisdom Woman, pictured here. The theme was “(re)connecting with self”. Waiting in my car, in my daughter’s dance studio parking...
by Lindsay Hurty | Sep 30, 2022 | Personal Growth, Relationships, Self Awareness
In the Urgent Care waiting room with my child whose hurt toe had become a big problem, I become aware of a voice. The waiting room is full with an eclectic crew of patients with various ailments and injuries. As we quietly wait, the TV blares. It’s Monday morning...
by Lindsay Hurty | Jun 6, 2022 | Personal Growth, Relationships, Self Awareness
When the rotted out tree landed on my car while driving to work one windy day many years ago, I numbly pulled over, called for help, and from the driver’s seat surveyed the car’s dramatic damage. Surrounding drivers emerged from their cars,...
by Lindsay Hurty | May 3, 2022 | Personal Growth, Self Awareness
Written By: Lindsay Hurty Sixth grade. I’m walking home from the bus stop…getting the mail…cars zooming by—we lived on a busy street. And I felt it. Out of nowhere. I was struck. I looked over my right shoulder, and there, sliding down my navy Jansport backpack, was...
by Lindsay Hurty | Apr 6, 2022 | Friendship, Personal Growth
Written By: Lindsay Hurty Her name popped up on my phone on a Tuesday night at dinner time. As a mom of young kids, her call arrived at an inconvenient time. But this was the first time she’d ever called my cell, and the last time I saw her, a few months earlier, was...