I am awake, I am alive, and this morning I am once again pondering the words we use. This time I am specifically thinking of the phrases we use to describe others, especially those we admire, and how misleading or even damaging they can be to the receiver. Case in point – you tell […]
I am awake, I am alive, and this morning I am thinking of how the world keeps turning, no matter what is going on in our little corner of it. Time and time again in my years, I have seen how we may have been stopped but how Creator is still at work, moving […]
I am awake, I am alive, and this morning my brain is pondering only one question – Can you say, “This is who I want to be!”? If you can then today my friend, be that person. In fact, be that person every day and every night, alone or in a crowd, among friends […]
I am awake, I am alive and this morning as a speaker, an author, a storyteller, a Mom, a Gramma, a friend, a colleague … I am thinking of the power of words. I could lie. Orally, via text, in these posts or I can simply and honestly share when I don’t know, when […]
Sandi’s story followed a path all too common for Indigenous women, a path that included career success while hiding the violence, poverty, and alcoholism that rocked her family to their core.