My son had a slow-building, morning meltdown last week as we were getting in the car to head into the day. It started off mild but ended in near full crescendo of conflict. [A disclaimer up front to frame the situation: I know physically forcing a child to do anything isn't the best …
Continue reading MELTDOWN! Response: Grapple, or Give a Moment?
We struggle with the horrific mass murders in Las Vegas this week. It was not the first, of course. It was 9/11 many years ago. And before and since, Columbine, Oklahoma City, Sandy Hook, San Bernardino, and...it will happen again. Tragedy will happen again. The what do we turn to? The daily work. The efforts …
What happened in Las Vegas last night, a mass shooting at a music festival, that is evil. In the chaotic aftermath of the events there, people trying to save lives, people trying to find loved ones, people trying to make sense of the senseless, the cause is known: evil. While we cope as individuals and …
Lord, make me an instrument of your peace. Where there is hatred, let me sow love; where there is injury, pardon; where there is doubt, faith; where there is despair, hope; where there is darkness, light; and where there is sadness, joy. Grant that I may not so much seek to be consoled as to …
A good friend has cancer. It's pretty damn serious. He's had several rounds of radiation. He just started chemo (again). They can't seem to kill it. Those treatment regimes are crushing him. He might not last the year. His family is doing all they can to support him and stay positive. An old family friend …
The Four Agreements, by Don Miguel Ruiz 1. Be impeccable with your word. 2. Don’t take anything personally. 3. Don’t make assumptions. 4. Always do your best.
The America I want to live in? All shapes, all genders, all sizes, all vocations, all colors...EQUAL. Let's not go backward, let's go forward, TOGETHER.
I'm reading Alice's Adventures in Wonderland to my daughter right now. First full length novel for her, and first time reading the work on my side. I had no idea. I knew the basic story of course, and the characters. But I didn't know the story was so old (first published in 1865 -- EIGHTEEN …
Sometimes that's the best plan.
