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My act of self compassion was to cook a kidney friendly meal for my new CKD diagnosis -spagetti squash w zucchini & 3 chopped up meatballs for flavor & low sodium marinara & take it to my “other mothers” to share because i found out she likes that too but shes 96 & its too hard to fix! Best meal ever w 3 hours of laughter & lunch.

Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer's avatar

Oh what a great, and delicious, story!!!

Kim van Ruiven's avatar

I love your poem! I can picture it and feel it when I read it. Beautiful, it touched me.

The role of self-compassion in my creative practice helps me think and see (and maybe even feel) from different perspectives. And simply put, I think it helps me actually start writing.

A song I’ve had in my head recently is Killer Queen by Queen. Love this band.

Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer's avatar

I love this band and this song, too! Thank you, Kim ... and yes, coming from different perspectives can be so potent!

Alida Franco's avatar

I would like to share the new book by Tracy K. Smith called Fearless in Perilous Times. She really cuts to the heart of the source poetry. Highly recommended!

Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer's avatar

It sounds amazing!! Thanks for the heads up!