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Answer me, oh my love, just what sin have I been guilty of? Won’t you tell me where I’ve lost your love? Please answer me sweetheart….so goes the first verse of an old song by Nat King Cole. I grew up with this song….I can hear my father crooning the words along with the radio… [Continue Reading]
I will respect myself without your permission. I will respect my work. I will seek counsel from trusted advisors. My work will be my life message. My life will reflect my beliefs and values. My values will be visible to ME at all times. I will respect myself at equal or higher levels than… [Continue Reading]
Coming out of Zumba today, a woman my age looks at me and says, “One day I am going to be able to move like that 25 year old teacher.” I say, “One day I will not be able to move as well as I do today.” She looks at me and says, “Oh God,… [Continue Reading]
Oh how Facebook has reduced us to junior high feelings all over again. Those feelings weren’t that great the first time around. Now they are possibly worse because, on top of the same old teenage insecurities floating to the surface we have that feeling that OMG, really, I am a grown adult and am… [Continue Reading]
She wouldn’t accept my offer of a bracelet. She wouldn’t let me make a crown for her. She refused to come closer. She was one of the 200 or so students in one of the orphanages that my clown group visited. There I was sitting on a step, making crowns from pipe cleaners. The kids were… [Continue Reading]
Such a small word….yet, so many hidden consequences. I do not know if modern wedding vows still tell a woman to obey her husband…this always bothered me. Who decided that “certain” groups should OBEY certain other groups? Children should obey their parents, even when the parent says to NOT tell the truth about sexual… [Continue Reading]
Follow the leader…. I have always liked to be the leader, to be the big dog, to set the example. I have been this way for my entire life. During my climb of Mt. Kilimanjaro I had to learn to accept that I could not be the leader. Altitude sickness affected my climb from the… [Continue Reading]
Have you ever embarked on a training regimen where you were required to stop every so often to take your pulse? Why do you think the trainer or teacher makes you do this? Well…it’s a heart health thing, right? There are ranges of the pulse that are healthy and ranges that are not. When your… [Continue Reading]
Is school making your child crazy? “The purpose of school should be to prepare kids for the rest of their lives, but too often what kids need to be prepared for is surviving the school day itself.” Susan Cain, QUIET For the parent of a child who is being bullied, the above quote must be especially poignant…that is,… [Continue Reading]
No, I never wanted a cape of wool, cashmere, or mink. I want a cape that shimmers in the face of wrong doing. I want a cape that shines in the instance of injustice. I want cape colored bright in a dark world of harm. I want a super hero’s cape! Instead? I got a… [Continue Reading]
It was the size of a small marble for more than 10 years, the lipoma on my shoulder. I used to feel it right under … [Read More...]
What is the basis of this question? The basis of this question is approval or disapproval. Will people … [Read More...]
When animals get hurt, their wounds heal a little thicker and stronger. Maybe that's where the saying “thick-skinned” … [Read More...]