energy surrounds us. it flows through us, around us, among us & between us. even in death.  i was 18 years old & flew home one evening from a summer trip. i threw my luggage in the front hall & darted off for the hospital. i made my way up to the wing where my […]

i was nearing the end of my first year teaching 4-year-old kindergarteners in the heart of the Milwaukee Public School System. we were on an ocean theme. i decided, to enhance the learning & fun & buy a fish. i was super excited when i made the big announcement, “tomorrow we will have our own pet fish in the classroom!” – rookie […]

i admit, i struggle with conflict – i’m an avoider of them. i’m the proverbial middle-child peacemaker. being married to an attorney, i find myself at a loss for words often. he’s trained to argue a point to exhaustion. in a methodical, mathematical & scientific way. i usually stand there, trying to make sense of […]