Welcome to my new Building Happier Tomorrows Series! This idea like most of mine came to me late at night when the laundry and dishes were next on my list. Rather than tending to them I did the creative thing and let my mind imagine the difference I hope to make in this world. For […]
STILL a Fairy Tale
Six years ago this very moment my husband and I looked teary-eyed at our computer searching for a fitting name for our first baby. We had been debating names for months. In our fairy tale life we would have had another 85 days of expectant bliss to decide. Sadly that wasn’t our reality. We’d […]
Braver, Smarter, Prettier… Do any of those er’s really matter?
Imagine a group of teen girls trying to find their place in the world viewing pictures of models or their peers. There may be some kindhearted compliments. Almost without exception these conversations morph from kindhearted observations into a competition of comparisons and often result in crippling self-doubt. She’s so much skinnier than I am. Her […]