How a Spoon Created Space in My Calendar and Improved My BreathingMy aunt always makes space in her purse for a spoon. When I asked her about it she said, “You never know when you might run into a piece of…Aug 25, 2021Aug 25, 2021
Sometimes Feeling Small Can Make a Big DifferenceIn that smallness I realize that no matter what mistakes I might have made during the day, it’s impossible for me to break an entire…Jun 30, 2021Jun 30, 2021
Loving All of My Personal Truths— How I Interrupt a Shame StormFirst, I write down the questions coming up in the shame storm. Second, after I have them all laid out, I analyze the pronouns.Jun 30, 2021Jun 30, 2021
If You Choose to Yield to Temptation, Make Sure You’re not Losing the Right of Way.What is it about strangers that allows them to give me advice that my closest friends can’t get me to hear? I mean years later, the words…Mar 30, 2020Mar 30, 2020
Sometimes our Best Practices are the Ones We’ve Been Doing all AlongIt doesn’t matter how much I try to forget my life as a mathematician, it always comes back around. At this point I’m just grateful it…Mar 30, 20201Mar 30, 20201
Most Things Have to End Before We Can See Where They BeginMy Grandma would have been 100 this week. To this day I am so grateful my family and I spent our 2014 Christmas holiday packed in her…Mar 29, 2020Mar 29, 2020
The Ups and Downs of Aging with My ParentsI hate that my parents are getting older. Never mind it’s been happening the whole time. But moving closer to home makes it harder for…Mar 26, 20201Mar 26, 20201
Forcing Functions for GratitudeWith all the hubbub about COVID-19, I almost missed the first day of spring (Thursday, March 19th). But I didn’t! Before I left on a…Mar 23, 2020Mar 23, 2020