Sometimes I wish I could do as this woman did, and avoid mirrors for a year. I wish I didn’t spend time brushing my hair, worrying about my hair line, checking my teeth for food, and looking at my posture as I passed by storefronts. I wonder what the world would look like if we […]
Unsure of what the balance held I touched my belly overwhelmed By what I had been chosen to perform Seven years ago, I felt this way. Seven years ago the most amazing, sacred, and scary thing happened to me. But then an angel came one day Told me to kneel down and pray For unto […]
I can’t believe I only made 20 posts this year. Next year will be better – I’m shooting for at least a post a week… The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2012 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: 600 people reached the top of Mt. Everest in 2012. This blog got about […]
This is the deal…after 31 years on this earth, I think I know a little bit about myself. Not about human nature or even that thing called “life”…but just about me. I know that without breaks, I break down. I know that without sleep, I slip. I know that when I feel overwhelmed, the best […]
by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. September 18, 1963, Sixteenth Street Baptist Church, Birmingham, Alabama [Delivered at funeral service for three of the children - Addie Mae Collins, Carol Denise McNair, and Cynthia Diane Wesley - killed in the bombing. A separate service was held for the fourth victim, Carole Robertson.] This afternoon we gather […]
Champions of Freedom
This is an event I organized for my kids’ school…the posters went up on Tuesday, in honor of MLK Day that was celebrated on Monday. There are posters of the “champions of freedom” and “fact” posters that have facts about each of the people, color coded. Today, the kids did a “fact hunt” by choosing […]