Life Lessons

Not ‘for this year’ — I turned 27 last weekend and then a day later came home to my mom’s. I’m spending as much time with her and my grandma before they leave for the U.S. for a few months. I’ve had a lot of time to myself in the last few days and noted…

I can’t turn away from the national tragedy of America’s murdered children — The girl that had gone missing was between the ages of my two daughters. The school sent out an alert, and I was out the door within ten minutes of getting the news. I took my dog with me. He’s an eighty pound lab and he would provide me with…

5 powerful articles that can help you make the most of the current moment. — How is June going for you so far? Here’s how Joan D. Chittister, a Benedictine nun, described this month’s potential: “June is the time for being in the world in new ways, for throwing off the cold and dark spots of life.” No matter what hemisphere you’re on, I bet…

First, let’s cut through the whitewashing. Whenever you hear anyone say they are “anti-woke” in the news or on social media, they are actually railing against whole other sets of circumstances that they do not welcome. It’s apparently good to stay asleep. Yet to misappropriate the term “woke” and make…

Bus drivers, especially ST bus drivers have always fascinated me. They do one of the most risky, yet thankless job. They have no timetable and no seasonal concessions. They like postmen are just there and we assume they will be. …

This story starts in my mind the day I called my mom to tell her I was getting married. “Hey mom, I have something to tell you,” I said excitedly. Silence on there other end of the line. I continued, “I’m getting married!”. My mothers’ immediate response was, “Oh my…

My friend got married last night. I am happy for him in fact very happy. Our friendship is spanning of a decade now. He is my only friend in this town. I was counting the days since I heard that he was going to get married. I imagined a complete…

Churches Exist For the Worst Reasons — Our country is a mess here in 2023. And it’s not because we’ve “Turned our backs on God” as many conservative Christians like to spout off and say. It’s because organized religion is a scam. A fraud. A way to make weak-minded people angry and hypocritical, and often to justify…

Rip the band-aid — There’s some area of your life you’re refusing to change because doing so would force you to admit how much time you wasted. It hurts to know you could’ve pivoted and done better a long time ago. But the past is the past. And that past has likely created some…