Kenna's Blog: Finding Beauty

 Appreciation is the highest form of prayer, for it acknowledges the presence of good wherever you shine the light of your thankful thoughts. -Alan Cohen A few weeks ago my husband’s great Aunt Frances turned 90. We were not able to be there with her to celebrate this milestone because we were in California celebrating my husband’s grandmother’s 96th birthday. I wish we could have been in two places at once so that we could celebrate both women, but it just wasn’t possible. So, we celebrated with Aunt Frances a week after she entered into her next decade. My husband, … Continue reading →

To say “I allow you”, is to say, “I love you.” -Rojdnan It’s not what you say, it’s what you don’t say that is important. The wisdom of silence is the most profound wisdom; Knowing when not to speak is to allow each person to find within themselves their own inner knowing. Silent allowing is unconditional in it’s love. -Kenna Akash My husband is dealing with an illness right now that’s been lingering for a while as he navigates the avenues of it’s insistent message. It’s already been a year of multiple symptoms; exhausted days, better days, pain, no pain. … Continue reading →

Follow your bliss and the universe will open doors for you where there were only walls. -Joseph Campbell I have just returned from eating at one of my favorite restaurants. I wanted to treat my husband to the best restaurant possible to celebrate his birthday, so naturally I chose this one. We drove five and a half hours to make this dining experience possible and it was worth every mile. I would drive ten hours if I had to to eat this remarkable food, but I’m glad I don’t have to go to those great measures. Other people do, however. … Continue reading →

To walk quietly till the miracle in everything speaks is poetry. -Mark Nepo My life is a poem and I, the poet. I have written poetry most of my adult life. It has been a way to express my deepest feelings, whether they are happy, sad, or loving. A poem is my way of wrapping my feelings up in a nice little rhyming package. I feel that once I have expressed my thoughts so poetically, then I have given them the proper honoring and I can move on to my next experience which will someday to be written about in … Continue reading →

Last week I visited the daughter of a friend of mine who had just given birth to her second child; a little girl named Stella, …what a beautiful and strong name. The mother of Stella, Jessica, was having trouble regulating her blood pressure after giving birth. This was a major concern and she was trying to find the right medication to calm it down. Her mother, my friend, had suddenly been called out of town to attend the memorial of her niece who had just been killed in a car accident only two days after little Stella was born. I … Continue reading →

Ordinary days, days filled with menial tasks like washing dishes, going to work, making dinner, doing laundry; the kind of days that aren’t highlighted with adventure, excitement, and fun, or the days that we all dread; the days when we have to face something difficult and painful. The times in our lives when sorrow and grief fill our bones with sadness and the longing for those days when we do not have to ache for relief. Continue reading →

I was in southern Utah on vacation with my husband’s family several years ago when I decided to go off by myself for a quiet afternoon. I took a lawn chair and headed for one of my favorite spots near Cedar Breaks. It was August and at 10,000 feet the wildflowers were in full bloom. They were everywhere and there were so many different colors that I was in absolute awe. I parked my car by the side of a dirt road that was in the middle of a field of these magnificent flowers. Rain clouds were beginning to build … Continue reading →

Transition: The time between asking for what we want and getting what we want. The last stage of childbirth, and the hardest, most painful stage, is called the transition stage. During this stage, the pain becomes unbearable and most women begin to say they don’t want to go through this any more. They want out; out of the pain and out of the experience. They’ve stopped thinking about the end result, their beautiful baby, because they just want OUT!! This is also the shortest stage of labor, thank goodness. Then, suddenly it’s over and a beautiful new life has arrived. … Continue reading →

My husband and I returned from California last week after visiting my husband’s grandmother and celebrating her 95th birthday. She doesn’t like to tell anyone her age, so Nana I’m sorry for revealing that, but you should be proud of those 95 years! Her friend Edith, on the other hand, is proud to tell you she’s 99. Nana is the one on the left in the above picture. Edith is on the right. I first met Edith at Nana’s 90th birthday celebration. Up until the year Nana turned 90, we had not visited her every year for her birthday, but … Continue reading →

In three more days my husband and I will celebrate the first year anniversary of our little poodle, Libre’, coming to live with us. This time last year was a bittersweet time for us. Our other little poodle, Keva, had just passed away only two weeks before, after a long struggle with heart disease and Cushings disease. She left us the night of our 17th anniversary. We were devastated. She had been with us for almost the entire length of our marriage. She was our fur child. Saying goodbye that night was unbearable for us both. I had devoted the … Continue reading →