by Diane W. Bailey | Feb 2, 2016 | Consilium Community
She wears the fall of life as if it came with no burdens at all, but if you look closely, you can see places where she has weathered many hard winters. Yesterday, her daughter and granddaughter boarded a plane that would take them so far away. If she drove night and...
by Diane W. Bailey | Nov 23, 2015 | Diane's Posts
The news had been telling us it was coming all day, and now it was here, accompanied by fog. Rain seemed to make night come more quickly and driving down the highway alone in the wet dark felt challenging. Doc and I were “glamping” (glamorous camping) in our...
by Kim Hyland | Oct 13, 2015 | Consilium Community
Dear Forty-Six Year Old Kim, I was reminiscing today about our beautiful life and thought I’d share some thoughts with you in a letter from your eighty year old self. Lessons if you will. Don’t mind the tone. I’m not shaking my finger, I’m offering you some...
by Diane W. Bailey | Feb 12, 2015 | Diane's Posts
Today we celebrate 15 years, my man and I. Fifteen years of love and arguments, children and teens, graduations and job, births and funerals. As a stained glass window tells a story through broken shards of glass, our story is told through broken hearts becoming a...
by Diane W. Bailey | Dec 30, 2014 | Consilium Community
God has recently been telling me, “Give it away” and that is just what I am doing! I’ve invited some beautiful souls from my favorite Facebook community for women in the 50+ season of life, The Consilium: a Gathering of Wisdom and Grace. Enjoy the words from their...