Communication – The Good, The Bad and The Ugly

By Renee Shay, Harvesting Thought –explore– I recently visited the San Francisco Zoo with family and had a wonderful time.  I saw bears exploring their enclosure for treats left by the keepers, wolves playing hide-and-seek on their worn trails, orangutans climbing high up for the view while they ate breakfast and lions doing what theyContinue reading “Communication – The Good, The Bad and The Ugly”

Restoring Intimacy: An Hour of Your Lifetime

By Renee Shay, Harvesting Thought –First Step– Plan time to take about a one hour walk with the love of your life. Before you go, make a copy of an image of the two of you from the beginning of your journey (i.e., wedding photo). Set the original photo on the counter where you willContinue reading “Restoring Intimacy: An Hour of Your Lifetime”

Now I Lay Me

By Renee Shay, Harvesting Thought –explore– “Now I lay me down to sleep, praise the Lord, my soul to keep.  If I die before I wake, God my soul is free to take.”  What a hell of a thing to teach a child, this prayer, so that they say it every night before they tryContinue reading “Now I Lay Me”

The Potential of Me

By Renee Shay, Harvesting Thought -explore– Less than two months ago I wrote a blog called “Selling Short” to explore my thoughts about a job transfer opportunity for which I had applied.  Here I am now, hard to believe, one week into working that new job.  I have moved to the San Francisco Bay area,Continue reading “The Potential of Me”

My Old Wooden School Desk

By Renee Shay, Harvesting Thought -explore– When I was a child, my parents had moved us children, seven of us, around a few times until we eventually settled into a small town.  We had lived in the country; we had lived in a small town and then back to the country.  Heck, we even livedContinue reading “My Old Wooden School Desk”