Confessions of a Grandma

It is funny how sometimes an idea is thrown at me from two seemingly unrelated sources.  It is as though the cosmos (a guardian angel, maybe)  is saying, "You! Pay attention here!" Yesterday, I picked up a book by Anne Lamott, All New People , and read the intro.  The narrator is under hypnosis and the therapist is leading her back through a series of painful memories until she is remembering being in the hospital after an operation, screaming for her parents.  She is guided to thank her parents for taking care of her and then assure them that she could take care of this child from now on. Not a new concept--the book was copyrighted in 1989--but interesting.  I decided to check out that book and brought it home from the library. This morning I opened Google Reader and read Linda Meyer's post about the Bag Lady and the Little Banker.    She recounts her conversation with a money counselor who guides her in envisioning her inner Little Banker, thankin...