The post this week is a little delayed as I’m recovering from a 3-day power outage here in the Northeast.  As is typically the case with any crisis or loss, this event presented an abundance of opportunities for personal growth as well as teachable moments to benefit our children.
There are distinct differences in the way [...]

Is it okay to love yourself?  You bet!  Then why do we often equate self-love with vanity?   Why is it that many girls and women acquire the habit of treating others with more love and kindness than themselves?
 Denying ourselves the love that we need is a form of self-neglect – anorexia of the heart.  Starved for [...]

Last night my family and I arrived home from a long weekend away and were greeted by a disaster.  A water pipe had burst, destroying an entire section of the house.  Compared to the current devastation in Haiti from an earthquake, our losses are barely worth mentioning.  However, there are common lessons to be learned from [...]

Last night I saw Avatar – one of the most expensive movies ever made.  I expected to be ‘wowed.’  And I was.  It’s hard not to be when you watch a 3D IMAX film.  But it wasn’t the drama and cinematography that impressed me the most.  It was the messages contained within.
Without going into a [...]

If you ask a class full of Kindergarten students, “How many of you can draw?”, they will all raise their hands.  If you ask the same question to a 7th grade class, you may get one or two affirmative responses.  If everyone could draw at 5 years old, why are they unable to draw at 12 [...]