Personification

We do this project. The kids write about a problem they have overcome, creating a symbol to personify that problem so that they think of resolving the situation in a healthy way, in an assertive, active way. So I go around the room to see what they are going to write about. Deaths of […]

End of the Line

Lent is almost over. My practice: daily meditation and daily stretching (physical), daily flossing, daily Lent-specific reading. And facebook only once a day, instead of whenever I get bored. This resulted in me obsessively checking my email instead, to scratch the itch for distraction. Monkey mind is powerful. St. Benedict emphasizes socialization and moderation of […]

Family

Okay, Washington, DC is a political place. Still, I was surprised when the woman next to me snapped. “Those are for families,” the lady behind the desk said. She meant a particular brochure. I was picking up a map, and happened to witness the exchange. “We’re a family,” Snappy responded. “I mean, families with children,” […]

Red

“I mean, there are so many people.” – Ted Bundy. We listened to several Holocaust survivors. One man told about his brother, and the terrible way he had lost him, and that was the one that got me. Strange, I don’t remember the story. I could still cry at the memory, though, just at remembering […]