Like many people, my family is in crisis. There exists a complete lack of communication between many of its members and there are a variety of reasons this continues to be true. I've thought a lot about this situation and continue to grapple with ways I might "fix" it ( Read more... )

I often wonder what a different place this world would be if people had a more optimistic outlook. What if we celebrated people for what they did right instead of chastising them for what they did wrong? What if the nightly news heralded people for saving lives instead of taking them away? What if people were paid what they were worth instead of ( Read more... )

One of the greatest challenges I face in the classroom lies in helping my students understand and navigate real life events. For many, life is one obstacle after another with little reprieve. I work hard to help them see the good in life and themselves, in the hopes that it will inspire them to work harder and overcome their hardships rather than ( Read more... )

Is it possible to miss what you never had? Is it possible to mourn something you've never experienced but know exists? Is it possible to re-claim those missing elements in your life and become "whole" again ( Read more... )

Never in my life have I received as many "conflicting" emotional phone calls as I have today. Each call brought with it a flood of emotion and very little time to deal with them. It started with a call from a friend who was sharing the news of the loss of a loved one. I mourn this loss with her and could barely find the right words to say, when ( Read more... )

As small children, we learn about our world by asking the people in our lives questions. The responses to these questions shape the way we see ourselves and other people. Children don't realize that it is impossible for their parents to know the answers to everything, and so undeterred, they ask and ask and ask. The more their questions are ( Read more... )

For anyone who has ever thought they were alone in their self-injury, let me clarify something: it is everywhere ( Read more... )