The Stories They Don’t Tell Us
Forgotten no more. I stood there, as I felt the raindrops starting to fall. I shut my eyes almost willing the land to share with me it’s secrets. But I heard nothing. I closed my eyes tighter, as if that would make a difference, but all I could hear were the trees swaying away […]
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“We don’t need someone else to tell our story. We can tell it ourselves…more loudly, more accurately, and in a way that projects the truth. Our truth.” Although it feels fresh, this is not new. People have been silenced and minimized since the beginning of time (I acknowledge we should have evolved more, but here […]
The Good Years
As I moved to what would be my final duty station, my maternal grandmother, whom I affectionately call Momo, shared a story about a childhood friend, Margaret White. They were besties in the 1940’s, in Elmwood, Illinois. Margaret’s mother passed away when she was in elementary school but her doting father took great care of […]
Audentes Fortuna Iuvat
Carpe Diem “I can’t just fly to Germany for the weekend?” “Why not?” he said. And so I did. Cheers to 52 from the top of the world. “Fortune favors the bold” dates back before the birth of Christ and people have been chasing adventures and opportunities longer than that. “Carpe Diem,” “seize the day,” […]