by Rebecca E Skeele | May 22, 2019 | Make it Heaven
Brené Brown defines courage as a vulnerable ingredient in healing shame. I agree. What I have found is shame is usually piggybacking other intense experiences: abandonment, rejection, abuse, disappointment and fear. The root word for courage is ‘cour’...
by Rebecca E Skeele | May 16, 2019 | Make it Heaven, YSA 2016
“One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.” The summer of 1969 was quite a year historically. Not only did Neil Armstrong walk on the moon, and this very famous quote was recorded, but I was preparing to enter my freshman year of college. A BIG deal. Even...
by Rebecca E Skeele | May 9, 2019 | Make it Heaven
There was no place to run or hide. I had to stand there and take it. “You have ruined your children’s lives and they will never forgive you. How could you break up the family?” These harsh words brought stinging tears to my eyes. The blood rushed out of my body and my...
by Rebecca E Skeele | May 1, 2019 | Make it Heaven
Please Call Me By My True Names Do not say that I’ll depart tomorrow because even today I still arrive. Look deeply: I arrive in every second to be a bud on a spring branch, to be a tiny bird, with wings still fragile, learning to sing in my new nest, to be a...
by Rebecca E Skeele | Apr 24, 2019 | Make it Heaven
In my 40s I wanted to start singing in public again. Growing up I sang in church choirs, in musicals, on stage at events…singing was a big part of my life that brought me much joy. So, I contacted three talented musicians, invited them to an informal jam session and...
by Rebecca E Skeele | Dec 20, 2016 | Make it Heaven
Finding truth and what really resonates with me at this time of my great despair over the events that are transpiring in this country and around the world has taken me on a journey to read and watch mystical prophets of our time talk about evil, Holy Darkness, the...
