Lessons about Love from Leo

Lessons about Love from Leo

Seven months ago, this dog bit me. There were twenty-one deep bite marks on my arm, leg, and toe. The scars remind me of it every day. It was one of the scariest and most painful things I’ve ever been through. I was traumatized for a couple of months. As a result, I...
Is This Really True?

Is This Really True?

Today when I hear on the news, “Scientific research tells us…” I say, “Let me see that study!” The graduate school I went to was on the cutting edge of an area of educational research and I was taught to ask a number of questions about scientific studies to confirm...
Continuing to Cope with COVID-19

Continuing to Cope with COVID-19

We continue to be living in a crazy time. The coronavirus has yet to go away and no one knows when it will. This has created a lot of uncertainty for many people – when will schools open up and how will that look, when will people go back to work in-office, when will...
The Way Out of Fear

The Way Out of Fear

I think that the power of art is the power to wake us up, strike us to our depths, change us. – Jhumpa Lahiri The first time that I saw this sculpture by Ukranian artist Alexander Milo, it stopped me in my tracks. I immediately resonated with its simple, but...
Everything Happens for a Reason

Everything Happens for a Reason

I truly believe that everything happens for a reason.  It would be nice if that meant you could count on everything that happens to you being positive.  Unfortunately, life doesn’t work that way.  I know some of my best lessons, and “nuggets”, have come from my...