by Sonja Hopkins | Jun 26, 2020 | Sonja Hopkins: Sonja's Safe Harbor
“The only measure of your worth and your deeds will be the love you leave behind you when you’re gone.” Fred Small You didn’t realize, when I was in labor that morning before my Scotty was born, how you taught me about courage when you said, “No matter...
by Sonja Hopkins | Jun 19, 2020 | Sonja Hopkins: Sonja's Safe Harbor
This is part two in a three-part series about the gifts others are in our lives. To read part one, click here. This part, part two, is a letter Sonja wrote to her family after Ruby’s memorial service (with some minor changes made for clarity by the editor)....
by Sonja Hopkins | May 29, 2020 | Sonja Hopkins: Sonja's Safe Harbor
Some years ago, I was scanning through the internet (which can sometimes be a mind-numbing thing to do). You know how one link can lead to another and another… and another? The next thing you know, you’ve uncovered a gem, read it, and with a single click, it...
by Sonja Hopkins | May 15, 2020 | Sonja Hopkins: Sonja's Safe Harbor
“Tell me, sir, what is a butterfly?” “It’s what you are meant to become. It flies with beautiful wings and joins the earth to heaven. It drinks only nectar from the flowers and carries the seeds of love from one flower to another. Without butterflies, the world...
by Sonja Hopkins | May 1, 2020 | Sonja Hopkins: Sonja's Safe Harbor
You can’t heal the people you love. You can’t make choices for them. You can’t rescue them. You can promise they won’t journey alone. You can loan them your map. This trip is theirs. Be gentle with yourself — it’s hard work to be present to the freedom of the Other....
