Ideas

Too often I think we get stuck thinking about what is not working or what can’t be fixed rather than what is possible.

It wasn’t too long ago when I started turning the pages of an emotional outpouring of saying goodbye to four boys into a book. Ok...it was a long time ago. That was in 2017. It’s hard to believe all the places that story has taken me. I actually did it. I wrote and published a book. Not a small feat by any means, but looking back, I sort of wonder what took me so long. Why did some of the pages seem to just stick in my mind and never make it on paper? Why were there so many d

I love May Day! When I was a kid, my family would decorate baskets, roll paper doilies, or paint ceramic pots and fill them with flowers. Then we would drive around to neighbors and grandparents and try to drop them off without getting caught. I’m not sure what was more fun, making the May Day bundles or sneaking around to deliver them. I think the best part was just the pure joy and excitement of giving to others. I’ve carried on this tradition throughout my life. In my clas