It’s the first morning in a long time that I woke up and wanted to fling my window wide open. As the sunshine filled the room, I didn’t dread the tasks before me: Laundry and grocery shopping. If you know how much I dislike laundry, you’ll understand that this is a special feeling. Before I could change my mind, I grabbed Read more…
Ever have one of those moments in which you question why you are doing what you are doing? I have. In fact, this morning I was reminded of an afternoon last fall during which I sat at my kitchen table surrounded by notes, textbooks, and computer screens…all for a statistics project due at the end of the week. I sat Read more…
I enjoy reading. It is an escape for me on so many levels. It is also a way for me to challenge myself…to think about the things that I may not think about on a daily basis. This wees, I finished reading We Were the Mulvaneys by Joyce Carol Oates and started reading Why Women Have Sex by Cindy Meston and David Read more…
Writing posts for Collective Inquiry is such an interesting experience for me. Sometimes I struggle to think of what I will write for the week, sometimes I wake up inspired and eager to write (like Monday morning), sometimes I write a post and don’t think much about it afterward, and then sometimes I write a post and it remains lingering Read more…
I recently realized something about myself that is, in all likelihood, applicable to you. It is hard to hear the things that we most need to hear about ourselves. Most of the time, it is much easier to raise our defenses than to embrace the truth. Embracing the truth requires that we are vulnerable….something that takes guts. I think that Read more…
