Thinking and Seeing for Better Being
Daily writing promptDescribe a decision you made in the past that helped you learn or grow.View all responses “Look at You, Look at You”: Ego, Embarrassment, and the Slow Work of Becoming Real There was a season when I was riding high—beloved by students, featured in the school paper, welcomed in the hallways like a... Continue Reading →
Daily writing promptWhat place in the world do you never want to visit? Why?View all responses When the world moves too fast to stand still, friendship and faith remind us where we’re meant to be There are places I don’t want to visit.Not because they lack beauty—some are breathtaking.But because they move too fast, too... Continue Reading →
Daily writing promptWhat is your favorite restaurant?View all responses Goats on the Roof and Grace on the Table What a Swedish pancake house, a rain-slick roof, and a sticky apple juice spill taught me about real nourishment Not a chef, not a critic… just forming Back in my twenties, I worked at a Swedish restaurant... Continue Reading →
Daily writing promptDescribe something you learned in high school.View all responses What I thought I knew. What really happened. And what a wrecked Buick taught me about grace. The Day the Buick Died Memory is a funny thing.It’s not that it lies exactly.It just… edits. More like an impressionist painting than a photograph—blurring edges, shifting... Continue Reading →
How one woman’s fierce faith, clarity, and quiet power is helping me find my voice, my peace, and the man I am becoming. This is Forming 2.0. Why This Story, Why Now After 37 years of teaching—elementary kids, middle schoolers, high school teens, and college students—I’ve learned that stories aren’t just memories. They’re maps. They... Continue Reading →
Daily writing promptIf you could be a character from a book or film, who would you be? Why?View all responses not a hero, not a villain… just… forming—DGraf What character would you be from a book or film? It’s a question that tugs at something deeper.Not just about picking a name—but unveiling a longing.A glimpse... Continue Reading →
What animals make the best/worst pets? Winston knows things. Sometimes the real adventure of pet ownership is in the humans.When the pandemic hit and we all stayed home, our pets had thoughts.Dogs? Overjoyed."I knew he loved me so much he quit his job just to stay home with me!"Cats? Suspicious."I knew that lazy bum would... Continue Reading →
What job would you do for free? Art room mural painted with fingers, mostly What Job Is Worth Doing for Free?I teach art. Not for the paycheck—though it does help pay the bills and allow Lindsey and I to get away once in a while—but because creating is essential to who I am. I create... Continue Reading →
There is a lot going on in that little pond. Less Splash, More Soul Sometimes you hit publish and feel the glow.Other times, you look back and go, “Oops. That was a bit much.” My last post—pebbles, ponds, ripples, the whole splashy metaphor parade—tried to do too much. I dumped a bag of ideas into... Continue Reading →
Daily writing promptHow would you improve your community?View all responses Dancing with the waves Ripples, Habits, and Lighting Up the Room: How to Improve Your Community, One Splash at a Time Picture this: You toss a pebble into a pond. It’s small, unassuming, but the ripples stretch out, tickling the shore. That’s you in your... Continue Reading →
Forming 2.0 