Give Thanks. This Day. And. Every. Day
Gratitude is "good." It is heartfelt and lovely. And somehow I missed the call out that the 30 days of November would be a social media exercise for sharing one's daily gratitude via Facebook. So much of the messages on the medium are any thing but...
A Reunion Reminder: When Remembering One’s Own Past, Have Compassion
My heart was full from the day I spent in the East Tennessee valley on the campus of my alma mater. That night, posting photos of shoulder-to-shoulder mug shots of friends, the comments were pouring in on Facebook from alums who had been there, and those who...
Autism Transition Requires Attitudinal Adjustment
It was one of those AHA! moments. Not exactly of the EUREKA! variety. You know, where the legendary bulb suddenly lights up the contents of one's formerly clouded cranium. This was more like a dimmer switch that was slowly turned up to it's full capacity. The...
The Third Act: Aging Into Greatness
Sprout Touring Film Festival, Nashville, Tomorrow, 11.9.12
Nashville--In a continuing effort to “make the invisible visible,” The Arc Davidson County and The Arc Williamson County join together in co-sponsoring The Sprout Touring Film Festival, an evening of short films by and/or concerning, people with disabilities. ...
But, I’m Not Old!
"You better watch how you ask that question!" Like some ol' crotchety lady, I warned the uber-young, perky, slightly self-conscious co-ed who registered me at the alumni registration table. It'd been 10 years since I'd ventured back to the sleepy...
A Reunion: Meeting Over Commonality, Not Differences, a Local & a National Tale
We've come a long way since the 80s. I was my parent's daughter then, doing what statistically most offspring do--vote their parent's persuasion. That made me a Republican then. In the political landscape of my memory, it was during the rein of...
