About fourteen months ago, I wrote a post called Listen to Life. The post was a difficult one to write as it was about my Sister Ceara welcoming her little girl H who born with an ear condition called Bilaterial…
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What does it mean to be human?
Not an easy to answer, but important to think about. Dad would be proud that his Humans and Nature colleagues continue to ask and explore such big questions on their website Dad would…
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I am constantly brainstorming ways to have fun with blogging. My latest idea is to devote one day a week to my current loves. These loves will include things serious and silly, philosophical and practical, truly meaningful and downright materialistic.…
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He would want me to be wild.
He was a fisherman. I didn’t fish with him often though now I wish I did, but when I did, when we did go out together, I remember him sitting on the center…
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I think it is important that we remember this.
Every artist was first an amateur.
Every man was first a boy.
Every woman was first a girl.
Every story was first a word.
I know we are focused on Next…
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It is no secret that I have fallen madly in love with taking pictures. Doing this, snapping away, helps me see. It helps me see this city, this life. It helps me notice things that would otherwise evade my eye.…
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Danielle LaPorte. A friend. An inspiration. Last time I saw her, she came to my home and we sat in my garden. She held Little Girl who was just three months old. Fed her a bottle. I was exhausted. Danielle…
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We can’t reach old age by another man’s road.
Mark Twain
Do you ever feel like you are walking another person’s road? Do you ever think you are just putting one foot in front of the other because the path…
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I got glasses when I was in fifth grade. I remember putting them on for the first time and being shocked at how crisp the world was. Truth be told, I was also a bit disappointed. Something in little me…
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