I’m One of the Lucky Ones Around this time a year ago, I posted a blog titled “Confessions of a Holiday Volunteer Junkie.” I asked myself what my desire to volunteer during the holidays was really about?…
Here I am, learning to be perfect! “The opposite of joy is not sadness. It’s perfectionism.” That’s what Susie Rinehart, author of Fierce Joy said to me today when I interviewed her for my upcoming podcast season. I know all about perfectionism….
Happy Halloween! This holiday reminds me of the many things Ed and I don’t have in common. I grew up in Paraguay and was raised by seriously religious Mennonite missionary parents. My husband Ed came from an upstate New York Irish Catholic family. Our upbringing…
My father in 1941 Happy “Indigenous People’s Day” or “Happy Columbus Day!” Which of those two labels for this holiday is right for you relates to questions about right and wrong that I’d like us to consider. Our world today is increasingly polarized between…
My Family of Origin Years ago, Ed and I were at a Thanksgiving dinner with six other couples in the home of close friends. We lived far away from any of our blood relatives and were pleased to be invited for the holiday. Our host…
At the MCC library in Akron, PA This week I met my parents — for the third time. Like most of you, I met them for the first time as a child, and then as we grew older together. I came to know them for the second time…