Caring

On the most recent episode of the podcast Freakonomics, Stephen Dubner interviewed Ari Emanuel. The media kingpin is brother of famed Rahm Emanuel. What I liked were several nuggets. He quoted a personal “eleventh commandment”: Thou shall not be indifferent. Ari clearly has a personality in the sense that he’s…

“In ordinary life, we hardly realize that we receive a great deal more than we give, and that it is only with gratitude that life becomes…

You were 10th grade. I was 6th. We were sitting in the playground with our common friends, after a long morning of midterms, waiting for our dads to pick us up from school. You and I were not so close: we knew each other, but that was that. …

My oldest kid (17) was working on building a character for Dungeons and Dragons, something I never did as a kid. …

Positive Ideas for 2023: #44 What inspires you in difficult times? “Sometimes we need to do the hard stuff!” ~Rose CG Have you ever had to do something that filled you with dread? I’ve been slouching in the periodic pain of a fractured tooth for a week, waiting for my appointment. Finally, Monday morning when I woke up to the throbbing pain, I called the oral surgeon to reschedule. My surgeon was out, but his partner had an opening the following morning.

Support for Our Medium Friend Sad to Say Melissa Didn’t Make the Semi Finals. Is Melissa Blanchard a Super Mom? What is one memory of your kids that you will never forget? One memory of my children that I will never forget is the…thesupermom.org Our dear friend Melissa Bee is in the quarter-finals for Super mom, the winner will be featured in Woman's World magazine, take home $20,000, and a weekend getaway in Palm Springs! It’s nerve wracking watching Melissa…

Lately, I can’t help but marvel at the horrendous level of negativity surrounding us at all times now. It seems to me that hate, cruelty, and regressive policies designed to remove rights with brutal efficiency monopolize the air space far too often. Sometimes, the speed with which these new laws…

Caring at the Ground Level — Imagine how you would feel, during a walk in your backyard, if you scratched an eye from a small branch. I did that a while back. It hurt. Concerns of an injury scratched my fears. Now, imagine yourself walking at 4 inches in height for your eye level, lurking through…

Poetic Memoir: A Stutterer’s Lament — My brain swirls with new hope each time I struggle to speak, but my words get stuck in my throat. My stuttering may cause some hesitation, but I beseech you to remain calm and don’t rush me. …