After calling Alaska home for most of 40 years, Sheli's out finding her true calling (and a handful of adventures), while stopping to visit as many friends, labyrinths, and ice cream shops as possible along the way. She believes that Life is Good, you can never have too many friends, and Ice Cream makes everything better. Learn more about Sheli at www.shelidodson.com
September 2022. I felt like my life and my faith were in chaos, and getting worse, not better. I was just out there, winging it… wondering if everything I had believed in faith was just a misguided fantasy. There were a few good days, but mostly there were days where I was just faking it…
Sunday, September 25, 2022 found me in the Tigard/Beaverton/Portland area, hanging out with my second family (the Hipsher and Becker clans). While traveling between houses, I took a detour between their two households to stop at St. James Episcopal Church in Tigard so that I could walk the labyrinth there. Here is what I ‘heard’: …
6/12/2022 3332 N Meridian Ave OKC @ 2:20 pm In a previous post, I had indicated that the Rock Ridge labyrinth was the last one we explored before leaving OK & TX, but as I worked through my labyrinth list and wrote this post, I realized I was wrong (and edited that post). The United…
My third labyrinth visit of the day was just after lunch on 06/12/2022 (around 1:20 PM) at a private home in Oklahoma City, OK. The home is listed on the labyrinth locator website, and when I had reached out to them to ask if I/we could walk the labyrinth and they were very welcoming and…
Sunday, October 29th – Saturday, November 4th This week I managed to hit three states. I wrapped up a visit with my dad in White City, Oregon, as well as an overnight with my friend Dorothy in Sisters, Oregon, then bebopped my way back to Washington for just a handful of days. Thursday found me…
Sunday, October 22 – October 28 This week was all about road trips, family reunions and connections. Sunday, October 22nd I am thankful for lazy days. I helped Marcia with a very small yard project and then we reorganized part of her workshop, but overall, it was a lazy, no pressure day. I can’t…
June 12, 2022 marked the end of an epic week in Texas with my friends Andrew and Mikayla. The three of us had met up in Texas to be extras in episode 8, season 3 of The Chosen TV series, and had spent spent some LONG days on the set in the blazing Midlothian sun.…
Sunday, October 15 – October 21 The first half of this week was spent wrapping up some final projects with C. in Everett, but by Thursday, I was on the road again, stopping first in Gig Harbor to visit with friends I knew back in Alaska – Daniel and Rosa Campos. From there, I made…
Sunday, October 8 – October 14 I’ll be on the road again in a few more day. The next four weeks have me traveling to: Cheney, WA (to regroup and have some QT with Marcia) Medford, OR (my end-of-October trek to be with my dad for his birthday) Cheney, WA (to pack for the next…
June 12, 2022 found us (Andrew, Mikayla and me) at Mercy Hospital, located at 4300 West Memorial Road, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73120. It was the first of FOUR labyrinth walks that day, and this first walk was in the late morning- around 11:30 am. The path we all walk has some pain as part of…
Sunday, October 1 – October 7 This was a heavy week for me. Sunday, October 1st I don’t normally swim on Sundays, but I enjoyed the saltwater pool at the YMCA so much that I decided to enjoy one more swim there before heading out. After my swim, I popped back over to Kevin’s to…
Sunday, September 24 – September 30 Highlights of this week include several reunions with friends I haven’t seen in years, my first MLB Mariner’s Game and some soul-baring. Lowlights include being attacked by a killer cricket in (my own vehicle!) and that same bout of some soul-baring. Sunday, September 24th You know those days when…