She’d been watching them play side-by-side, though decidedly not together, darting in and out of the water sprays. She noticed, too, the hole at the bottom of the boy’s bucket, leaking water in a neat, dime-sized stream. She continued looking on as the boy caught sight of the hole, his mental wheels conspicuously turning as…
Tag: personal growth
What You Have Isn’t Who You Are: It’s a Nice Idea, But Do You Believe It?
Last Friday, I crashed a surprise birthday party at which I knew absolutely no one and had my worldview totally rocked. But first, a little background… After coming “home” to Montana from Costa Rica and all the subsequent detours thereafter, Nick and I have mostly returned to life as usual. By that I mean we’ve…
What Student Loan Debt Really Looks Like
When I was 7 years old, I broke my teacher’s favorite coffee mug. Miss DeLong. She never said it was her mug, but her reaction to my faux-pas (the unfortunate and entirely accidental result of playing the hand slap game too close to her desk) suggested as much. I don’t recall the exact mug itself….
The Things That Come Between Us
Change is a funny thing. It’s hard to get used to, even when it’s beneficial. Maybe the problem is that you never know if the change you’re facing is going to be 100% beneficial while you’re going through it. But change is a catalyst that keeps us alive, helps us find purpose and meaning, makes…
Sometimes, I’d rather just move.
No, it won’t all go the way it should, but I know the heart of life is good. – John Mayer Sometimes, I’d rather just move. It’s so messy, this business of relating to actual people. Instead of hanging in there, sticking it out, making apologies for my shortcomings (which are so very many), and…
300 years ago, I’d be dead already.
“It interests me that, despite those who preceded us here, despite everything we’ve managed in science, we haven’t got a shred of information or understanding about what happens next.” – Norman Lear, creator of All in the Family and The Jeffersons (As told to Catherine Bradford and Gina Pell of TheWhatList.com) 300 years ago, I’d be…