Let’s start with the worst of me. Air travel brings back past memories of exorbitant cost, smelly meals, and sitting in the row of the non-smoking section located right in front of the smoking section. […]
Nobody the name of the fool who bullies and sneaks under skin because of their fear-driven panic of being Nobody For more of my fledgling poetry, see So Beauty Grows and Love In Ten Lines, […]
What is holding us back from expressing courage, compassion, and connection in our daily lives? The introduction to Daring Greatly by Brené Brown explains that leaders, workers, and parents want to live out these virtues. Yet, we’re impeded […]
While reading Yogi Berra at 90: Quips and quotes from a Yankees Icon in honor of Yogi’s 90th birthday today, I nodded at this remark about Yogi’s quotes, Millions of people know the most famous […]
There was something wrong. Ten years ago this morning, my nine-month pregnant self and husband, Dave, were peacefully pacing our neighborhood, in spite of our fear. My pregnancy had been uneventful if you don’t count, […]
My blog lacks conflict. You know, the stuff that drives a good story. That’s a shame, really, because it’s not that I avoid conflict on purpose. Quite the contrary. It’s just that many things which […]
Truth is a powerful thing. I’m not sure when that became one of my “things to say” but I’m saying it now as I read Dare Greatly by Brené Brown. The Introduction begins with her […]
