As I catch my breath and wipe away tears, I cannot help but wonder, is the intention behind acts of hate to silence the voices of the majority so that our outrage becomes mute?
July 2022
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Like you, I am angry. I am heartbroken, and I have firm opinions. However, I also realize that as comfortable as I am staying within the narrow confines of like-mindedness, change does not occur in isolation.
June 2022
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Since we are all human, our responses will be individually different. However, a lack of inclusion and a sense of belonging is relatable to all of us.
May 2022
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We are all someone else's "other." As you continue to shift gears, keep your eyes out for me to we, mile-marker #1.
April 2022
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As we reckon with a past that did not serve us well, it is painful to have hard conversations. Yet, to heal from the shame in all of us, we must bring these unspoken truths into the light.
February 2022
I wish that 2-0-2-2 is the year we collectively put empathy into action through curiosity, vulnerability, compassion, and selflessness.
January 2022
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Who does not want to be respected? To be seen? To be heard? And, at times, to be left the heck alone.
November 2021
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Even if we are not directly impacted by [insert topic here], what happens to one, happens to all.
September 2021
When I cast my gaze outward, I see people who, like me, have a personal history and heart, a heart that keeps blood pumping through their bodies.
August 2021
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As I clumsily practiced casting and line mending, I applied this teaching to empathy and how we have all learned to mend the pandemic line over the past year and a half+.
July 2021
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Since we all live life through our lens, it is crucial that we also recognize our perception of events is likely very different than someone else's.
March 2021
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As we hang up our human-created paper calendar, we are also in a position to reframe how we choose to show up in conversation with one another.
January 6, 2021
To move forward, we must first look back.
Remember this time last year?
What were you looking forward to as we approached a new decade?
December 30, 2020
Do you know that feeling when you meet someone and walk away from the conversation knowing that your paths crossed not by chance, but instead, by fate?
Last week, fate intervened and blessed me with one such occasion.
December 23, 2020