I got no resolutions. But man do I have a full heart. I will not bore you with a laundry list of things I'm grateful for; let me just...

I don't have a very good poker face. I spoke these truths. Directly. Politely. To my boss. Do you know what happened next?

A robust, white man with white hair in his mid-70s. The last thing I expected was for him to give the most common sense, bilingual and ecume

Today's strawberry festival was a fail. Forget the girl math that convinced me the entrance fee(×5) was "worth it." My children were...

I started reading a book and I think I'm going to like it. Here's my invitation to read along with me. It's a book that, very close to...

I don't mean to sound like a commercial, but I just have to share this because I think it will resonate with a lot of people! Before I...

I got the chance to grow up in this country because my parents wanted to get away from political and economic persecution and ensure I...

The first time I saw a real gun it was nested in a beautiful wooden box held out for me to see by a retired CIA agent who at the time was in his late 60s. He was my father's boss, later mentor, and now friend. My dad gave him a sideways look and asked him to put it away before I really had time to realize what was happening; I was around 9 years old. Between this experience and my next experience, my high school sweetheart would call me from Virgina Tech to let me know he was

For the first time ever, the girls are sleeping in a room apart from their brother. Usually, this works for the girls since they have each other. But our son is a different story. Much like me growing up, the hall light must stay on, the nightlight in his room must be visible, there can't be any strange shadows on the wall, and he needs someone to sleep with him to, in his words "feel so comfy and warm." About a month or so ago, after nightly requests to spend the night with

There are two things in particular I'm loving about our homeschool experience. First and foremost, its teaching us all a little something about being kind and flexible. I work fulltime as a commercial transactions lawyer. In english: I read and write contracts and advise the business on how to resolve and prevent contractual disputes. For me, this means work can sometimes feel unforgiving. When my clients need me they usually feel its urgent. It takes a lot of my emotional st

I’ve been craving Hamilton. Weird, right? Craving a musical. I watched the film version a couple of years ago and fell in love. I cringed at the thought of spending two-plus hours in front of a screen watching something I’ve already seen but this past weekend, while driving back to Live Oak from Miami, I listened to the soundtrack. I listened, I laughed, I cried, and I was in awe. I won’t pretend to know why Lin-Manuel Miranda decided to write that story. Maybe he wanted to s

The day after I wrote my first blog post I told my good friend and mentor that she should check it out. She took a quick look right away...