Last month the Lord promised me help when I needed it, so I took a leap of faith. I had no idea that the help He would send would be my Dad. I’m a great test-taker. In my younger days I was a teacher’s student, the kind of kid that made teachers feel like what […]
August 23, 2012
This week Rep. Todd Akin very publicly put his foot in his mouth. Last month Pres. Obama very publicly put his foot in his mouth. On a fairly regular cycle in politics, someone with a visible platform is speaking sans the self-editing function and a brouhaha broils for a bit. For those who follow politics, […]
January 20, 2012
The other day a friend, whose work life changed dramatically with a new boss along with the new year, sat across from me reborn, excited once again to be a teacher. She glowed and bounced as she talked about her day, laughed at the various trials of an overcrowded classroom, and grinned as I responded […]
June 24, 2010
Free speech. As Americans, this may be our most prized right. From agitators who have brought us changes we didn’t, as a culture, initially embrace, to teens struggling in their growth as individuals, we relish our freedom to say what we think. In psychology, it is the beginning of all healing, that place where we […]
May 23, 2010
I’ve been analyzing dreams for going on two decades, and have developed a good feel for when my subconscious has something to say to me. Today I woke up earlier than my usual seven and a half hours (when my backbone has fused and I need to either get up or stay in bed and […]
January 31, 2013
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