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On Motherhood and Fighting Raccoons

On Motherhood and Fighting Raccoons

This post was made to facebook on April 26, 2020, and moved here for posterity. Our children have been spending quite a bit of time indoors due to COVID. Because of this, whenever we get the chance to shoo them outside, we do so. The weather yesterday was warm and the...
The Person A Child Would Feel Safe With

The Person A Child Would Feel Safe With

While scrolling through TikTok the other day I ran across a series of short videos stitched together of people responding to the phrase, “The person you are right now is the person you would have felt safe with as a child.” I watched as several individuals reacted...
My 10 Most Influential Books: 2022

My 10 Most Influential Books: 2022

A friend recently texted me and asked me for a list of my top 10 books that I felt represented my philosophy for life along with a sentence or two to explain what chapters or ideas spoke to me the most. This was challenging for me as well as timely. While I have...
Yes, Virginia, There Was A Santa Claus

Yes, Virginia, There Was A Santa Claus

“Mom, is Santa Claus real?” My son was standing in the kitchen in his Spiderman slippers and robe holding a Snorlax plushie. We had just gotten done decorating our Christmas tree while watching the Polar Express, a quintessential movie for little boys and girls who...
Don’t Forget Your Power To Transcend

Don’t Forget Your Power To Transcend

I recently finished reading Seneca’s essay, On Anger (something I’m eager to write about as well). One of the sections of the three-part series asked the question as to whether anger was in keeping with the nature of man. Seneca quickly and thoroughly...