Thinking and Seeing for Better Being
Daily writing promptWhat fears have you overcome and how?View all responses An Empty Seat, a Full Heart, and a Second Chance to Listen The chair waited—still, empty, listening for the voice that never came. Some fears come loud, like a slammed door or a marching band you didn’t invite.Others just show up with their own... Continue Reading →
Daily writing promptWhat is the legacy you want to leave behind?View all responses I used to think legacy meant a plaque. You know—a shiny nameplate, maybe a hallway photo where I don't look like I just sneezed. Something official. Something framed. But after 40 years of parenting, teaching, loving, failing, forgiving, and scribbling in the... Continue Reading →
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 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 →
Daily writing promptWhich aspects do you think makes a person unique?View all responses Making Hall Duty Useful A quiet moment. A moving hallway. A reminder that we are shaped not just by what happens—but by how we see. I was sitting in the hallway at school—hall duty.A job I never trained for in grad school.Teens... Continue Reading →
Daily writing promptWhat is the last thing you learned?View all responses Leaning—to believe you are magnificent and to gradually discover that you are not magnificent—enough labor for one human life. —Czesław Miłosz When I was in third grade, I learned a lesson that I’m still learning and relearning today. It happened in a Catholic school... Continue Reading →
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