Life is Scary…
Yesterday, I was talking with a young friend at the alternative high school where I work. I love this young man with all my heart and today he is having…
Life is a Healing Journey…
At least, I think it is meant to be… Life is Tough… without a doubt Tough with a capital “T!” No way around that one. Most of us enter this…
Not What You Think…
These words hang over my bed. I created this canvas… and I love it. These words have been a guiding force in my life for many years, ever since I…
Do We Ever REALLY Change?
In many ways, in most ways actually, I will never be able to outgrow, hide, dress-up, leave behind, run-away from, expel, crush, destroy... or in any way separate myself from…
No Words…
I am using these words and this space to write, “I have no words…” Seems ironic, at best… but it is also very true. Sometimes the world simply gets the…
The Dangers of Belonging…
Yesterday, a student told me, “I have never met anyone who worries so much.” WHAT?!? ME? WORRY?!? I spend so much of my time and energy and efforts LOOKING calm,…
Winning Is NOT Everything…
Recently I have been having a “conversation” (emails back and forth) with my Dad… and we are on opposite ends of a political discourse. What I have noticed about myself…
Please Just Take Care of Each Other…
I don’t really care what side of the aisle you are on or how you are perceiving the events happening in the world at the moment… ALL of us are…
The Importance of Discussion…
Every Friday, I post something on Facebook and I post something on this blog. Sometimes they are the same post, and sometimes they differ. Today, they differ. They differ because…
ICE In Our Communities…
As a person who works in public education and cares deeply about ALL the students and staff with whom I work, I am acutely vested in the health, safety, and…