When did we lower the bar?

When did we lower the bar?

My daughter dreams of having a job. Caroline is 31-years-old but due to over 19 years of epileptic seizures, she has neurocognitive disorder. That makes her marketability kind of slim. Fortunately, there are options. I took her to an intake meeting where she learned...

Fear has evolved.

Fear has evolved.

A crusty old caveman awakes to his usual hunger pangs. With age, his legs are slower, his eyes less keen and he can't remember the last time he heard a bird sing. So at the first sighting of a predator, he flees back to his cave and considers his fear of being without...

How to Own your Wisdom

How to Own your Wisdom

"Shut up." It’s so harsh. In elementary school, we were told that "shut up" was as unacceptable as the F word. And then we grow up, and some of the words we dared not utter have surfaced. Although it's losing its flair for irreverence, I’m an F-word fan. Sometimes, it...

A Piece on Peace

A Piece on Peace

As I sit in my cozy home with the fireplace whirring I feel privilege, tangled with shame. I think about the video I saw this morning of men stripped nearly naked, curled over in frightened-child’s pose, awaiting instructions for how to remain alive. The next news...

The Energy of Friendship

The Energy of Friendship

Do you have a Thelma to your Louise? I do. Sometimes I even call her Lou. She is definitely the Louise. But usually, I just call her Kathleen. I was chatting with her early this morning. She shared something that flooded me with gratitude for her presence in my life....

Stop Smiling at Babies

Stop Smiling at Babies

Seriously, I dare you. I did it for an afternoon while running around buying things like groceries, hand soap, and plant dirt. I was in a crap mood. It was because I just lost my vacation to illness. OK, that’s not true, it just sounded like a good reason to be...

Black People

Black People

Shortly after I bought a Cadillac, I ran into an old friend. To me, I just bought a little SUV that cradled my screwed-up hip and empowered me to communicate hands-free in Atlanta’s mind-bending traffic. The old friend checked out my new ride and then said, “I’m...

Are you settling for Grocery Store Tomatoes?

Are you settling for Grocery Store Tomatoes?

I was in a hotel bar, sitting with my friend Johanne, in Park City, Utah. Spoiler alert – Happy hour is not so much of a vibe in Utah. Nevertheless, I was hoping for a glass of wine. So I asked the bartender about options. The sweet young man smiled back at me and...

It’s better when we hold hands

It’s better when we hold hands

I was in Mexico, getting my joy on. I was visiting my cousin. She’s not your ordinary cousin. She’s more like the sister I never had. We share stuff -- aspiring stuff, personal stuff, funny stuff. We also share a similar energy and drive. We like strong. We like real....

Rise and Whine….

Rise and Whine….

Diggin' Deep after a Nap's Night Sleep Why do we take such pride in getting our butts out of bed at five am and doing the GSD strut before the sun comes up? Yet no one is piping into a megaphone that they stayed up until two am doing whatever it is that people do...

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