The Responsibility of Brave

My kiddo just graduated from the 5th grade, and while in my day that wasn’t a big deal, for these 10 and 11 year-olds, it’s a huge rite-of-passage. As I think about his next chapter, I have but one hope; that he is brave. I guess it’s all in how you define it, isn’t it? The […]
Are You Powerful or Just Jerky?
Have you ever done something that, immediately following, you get that icky “that-wasn’t-my-best-me” feeling? I recently I got it, and I’m still questioning what I shoulda/coulda done differently. We’ve been in NY for about a couple of years now but I still feel like I’m learning the ropes. Things happen fast here. You need to […]
What’s Your Mess to Own?
One of the things that makes life both magical and complicated is that there is no such thing as a perfect human being. Try as we might (and some of us are trying mightily), we mess up from time to time. We react in the moment. We say and do stupid things. It’s not just […]
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