Celebrating Our Differences
Change the channel change your shirt change the font on this report Change jobs Change relationships Did you want your change? Change religions Change parties Change now Change tomorrow Change your thoughts Change your mind Change your belief window Change hands Change lanes Change our last name Change…
“Here I am! I hate my arms! No seriously, I hate my arms! On most days they wave before I do. Seriously! They’re like wings except I don’t get to fly. (Well I guess I could try!) They’re just weird and wrong and excess but most importantly they…
OK. We may not be Oxford chefs, but even they need good tips for the kitchen. Thank goodness Rasila Mamtora is providing us with some that are easy to remember and apply. Bookmark this page and use them: When you boil potatoes add a little salt, so it will not…
I change my outfits. I change my plans on what to cook for supper. (Or did I even have plans?) I change my routine, my lesson plans, and my dietary preferences. Quite often it seems at times… I change my mind. Why is that so hard? Let me…
When my feet hit the ground, I knew, for the first time, I was home. But that’s a bit abrupt; let me give you some background. Fall of my sophomore year at Vassar had been exceedingly difficult, and I wanted nothing more than a break. I was a…
There is no such thing as simple change. Every change begets ripples of other changes, so truthfully, you can’t change one thing without causing a cascading effect that changes other things. It’s almost never ‘one and done’! August 2014, my neighbor’s garage caught fire seriously damaging my garage….
Not long ago I used to think that we are our bodies and nothing more. There was nothing more than that, until I was able to learn that we are more than our physical bodies. This discovery shocked me from my belief system that I had developed over…
As the world makes its way to understanding diversity, it is slowly shifting, changing. Through social media we have the opportunity to document recent history and to timeline our growth. This documentation enables us to chart our course for acting like we ought to — with understanding, respect, and peace. A…
Change is difficult. One of the greatest changes that has taken place within me is in God allowing me to witness how It does things, verses the wonderful way I do things. And, I can even expand this to include my partner in Ministry Rev. Dr. Sabrina Ray…
This year I turn 65. It’s official. I’m old. Some days I feel it, others, nope. Regardless it’s true. 65 is old. Some days I don’t care. Other days, I’m resentful. Yet when I hold my first born grandson Rhodes Wilder, I’m glad! Grandmothers should be old, and…