Warning – this is not my usual kind of post but then we are not living in ordinary times, we are living in fierce and stormy times. I am writing to you as I and many I know continue to reel from what just occurred in the US election. We …
“I raise up my voice—not so that I can shout, but so that those without a voice can be heard. … We cannot all succeed when half of us are held back.” ~ Malala Yousafzai With less than …
With the upcoming election in the US I wanted to talk about the stress that many of us are feeling. I know it’s impacting us here in the US but it’s also being felt all around the world. Many of my international friends have expressed their concerns too – …
Here in the US and in many parts of the world, we are on the eve of Halloween and we are seeing grinning pumpkins on doorsteps, cobwebs strung around porches with giant spiders hanging on, all kinds of both scary and cheerful reminders of the holiday when children and some …
There have been so many big challenges these past few years and this past year has been no exception in my life. I have had losses and many demands personally in my family that have felt almost constant and this was on top of the pandemic. It seems …