New school and work schedules surge forward. Goals. Deadlines. Kids. Get involved. Socials. Volunteerism. We go from the sunburn of summer to the burnout of busyness that fall brings. A question nags, “Am I ever enough?” Arguably, women are more apt to wonder. The Bureau of Labor Statistics indicate that in 2014, 83% of women […]
How can I love my neighbor when the Internet brings mean-spirited and vicious comments right into my dining room? Insults mount on any opinion posted on-line. Recently, I was called “delusional” by a stranger, a nobody to me. I wrote back, “We can disagree, but it’s not necessary to insult each other’s intelligence.” Yet I […]
Art by kids decorates the Town of Milton, and I’ve been uplifted by the creative vision of children. On Pleasant Street, giant pinwheels rollick in the wind, and smaller ones affixed to the chain link fence spin and whirl near the word BREATHE in big green letters. I need that reminder. Fifteen art installations made […]
(Photo: Star and I today. Her 1996 college graduation dinner was memorable.) A graduation poses challenges for the multi-wedded. I’ve been married three times, odd for a spirituality columnist to admit, but guess what? I’m an optimist. Experience decrees that when breaking bread with exes, stay positive. Star, my daughter, graduated from college in 1996, […]
Sister Peggy Cummins, age 67, runs a safe house for survivors of sex trafficking. Honoring her vow to chastity for 48 years, she had no experience with either sex or trafficking when she began this work in 2011. Yet the horror and debasement did not shock her. Instead she was jolted by a different realization. […]