I read an article recently in which a handful of famous actors and musicians shared their thoughts on fame and life in the public eye. Overwhelmingly, they saw fame as a curse, resulting in a lifestyle they never would have chosen for themselves had they calculated the cost. In most cases fame cost ... Read More about Fame Doesn’t Satisfy the Soul’s Hunger
When Our Weakness Becomes A Strength
A few years ago, I joined my daughter's class for a school field trip to Thomas Edison's former laboratory here in New Jersey. The word laboratory sounds very clinical and boring, but in reality, it's a large warehouse of a building, full of rooms fitted with dark wood paneled walls or heavy ... Read More about When Our Weakness Becomes A Strength
On Cultivating Gentleness
I noticed it in the way she smoothed the hair from Kaitlyn’s face. Her fingertips slipped over the sheen of sweat and tucked the girl’s damp curls away from her contorted features. She touched her child’s body with a gentleness I couldn’t summon after two years of being her daughter’s registered ... Read More about On Cultivating Gentleness
Five Steps to Living More Creatively
This one's for the artists, the magic-makers, the wannabes. It's for the closet creatives, the outsiders, the daydream believers. This one is for you, the one with the pocket full of treasures stored up with nowhere to empty them. And it's for you with the questions and the hollowed out well that ... Read More about Five Steps to Living More Creatively
How to Make Space at the Table
In our twenties, my husband and I thought nothing of using garden furniture for indoor dining. The wrought iron chair with the crooked seat cushion scraped against the pine floor as my neighbor pulled it up beside the table and sat down. Theresa eased her pregnant body into the world’s most ... Read More about How to Make Space at the Table
Looking Back and Learning to Love Your Past Self
A few weeks ago, my husband decided to clear out the basement for the third time since we moved into our home nearly four years ago. As we began The Great Sort Out of 2017, boxes and bins I'd shoved and forgotten behind old picture frames and stacks of throw pillows made an appearance. We found our ... Read More about Looking Back and Learning to Love Your Past Self
