Do you wake up some mornings, fully primed? Where your brain is already fully in thought about something? I'm not sure what started me this morning. I had been talking last night about all the people in my life - my sister, my sister-in-law, friends, the leader of my Toastmasters chapter, colleagues, random people I …
My baby sister turns 50 this year. I’ve always looked out for her, big-sistered her, cherished her. And this year, she turns 50 and I have to reluctantly admit to myself that she is no longer a baby. She has a job of responsibility, including a promotion – up two grades – that she earned …
This morning, I selected a guided meditation on gratitude from the meditation app that I use. I wasn’t looking for a gratitude meditation, I was looking for a Bodhisattva meditation but this was the closest I could find. At first, I was put off by the style of the recording. It felt overproduced, with that …
I woke up this morning with that silly Oompa Loompa song in my head. The one that keeps asking, "What do you do with a child that's a brat?" And what do you do? That, and the memory of my favorite aunt. She has always been my favorite aunt, as far back as I could …
M lived a precarious life. As an immigrant, from a poor country, a country that the world thought had nothing to give but poor, untrained, backwards masses – and speaking with such a heavy accent – she faced discrimination every day. And, having had very little schooling, her skills were basic: she could cook. And …
