Curiosity and empathy are two traits I crave for Liliana. Of course, they can’t be forced. She has to see Dan and me practicing both on a daily basis. How to Heal a Broken Wing by Bob Graham is a perfect tool to encourage growth and foster discussion in these areas. A boy named Will […]
The Faith Club
I’ve just had the most surreal experience in reading The Faith Club. I thought I was alone in my thinking processes (don’t we all?), but it turns out I’m not. I thought I had veered crazily from my faith, but it turns out, not so much. From religion, yes. From faith, no. Three women–Ranya Idliby […]
Agreeing to Disagree…Without Hard Feelings
“There was once a boy name Milo who didn’t know what to do with himself–not just sometimes, but always,” begins The Phantom Tollbooth. I figured I should read this modern sort of Alice in Wonderland, since I missed it as a child. So clever. So funny. So outrageously creative. Milo is given a odd little […]
Quotes I Like Today
“Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.” –Ralph Waldo Emerson “You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You must do the thing which you think you cannot do.” –Eleanor Roosevelt […]
Finding Purpose in Pain
I feel a little inept at commenting on poet Cairns’ book (The End of Suffering: Finding Purpose in Pain by Scott Cairns), simply because I’ve already dealt with the universal problem of suffering in Eve (for myself). That statement sounds more grandiose than I intended. “Dealt with suffering” is never as final as a door […]