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Pilgrimage to Irelend - Galway
From the east side of the country, we drove to Galway past beautiful scenery. In Galway, we walked around and saw street performers. And...

Shirley Riga
May 7, 20191 min read


Pilgramage to Ireland - Brú na Bóinne
In County Meath is Brú na Bóinne, or the Palace of the Boyne or Mansion of the Boyne or Boyne valley tombs. It contains one of the...

Shirley Riga
May 7, 20191 min read


Pilgrimage to Ireland - Dublin
I decided to take advantage of an opportunity to travel to Ireland with other spiritual directors on a literary and spiritual tour. It...

Shirley Riga
May 7, 20192 min read


How are your children handling the world?
“all my life I have never heard a mother call out to her child as he or she goes off to school, “Take a lot of risks today, darling.” She...

Shirley Riga
Mar 7, 20191 min read


Stuck in an ice storm
The recent ice storm in Massachusetts has kept me inside for three days. I pace in front of the living room window staring at the shiny...

Shirley Riga
Jan 23, 20192 min read
Affirmations
"I am seeing that life is the coexistence of all opposites, including joy and sorrow." Life holds constant change, and it's so easy to...

Shirley Riga
Jul 24, 20181 min read
PARENTING IS ONE OF THE HARDEST JOBS ON EARTH!
With Mother’s and Father’s days at hand, I reflect on my own parents. For years I have held onto a lot of anger towards my parents. This...
by Shirley
May 13, 20184 min read
Blessed Are you Who Bear the Light, a beautiful poem by Jan Richardson
Blessed are you who bear the light in unbearable times, who testify to its endurance amid the unendurable, who bear witness to its...

Shirley Riga
Apr 28, 20181 min read
THERE'S A MOVEMENT HAPPENING
There's a movement happening. I can feel it. So many light seekers and light workers are doing the hard work of examining their hearts...

Shirley Riga
Apr 10, 20181 min read
Starting a Caregivers Support Group
I'm offering a support group for parents and caregivers of chronically-ill and special needs children on the last Wednesday of every...

Shirley Riga
Jun 11, 20161 min read
Singing for the Dying
I spent the weekend singing at Rowe Camp and Conference Center. The workshop was "Singing for the Dying." It was a magnificent,...

Shirley Riga
May 10, 20161 min read
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