Once upon  a time I taught in the public schools. That experience sits so far in the recesses of my brain that it often seems as an old friend used to remark on his first marriage, more like a book I read  as opposed to a life I lived. But it is not a made […]

There is no getting around stress.  The best of us, no matter how much we try and manage it are bound to have our days when it trips us up and leaves us immobilized. My stress used to show. Dark circles would appear under my eyes, my forehead would remain in a crease for hours […]

I learned to protect myself from disappointment at an early age. My elation at the prospect of the possibility of something I desired coming to fruition was tempered by words of  caution. “Don’t get too excited. You don’t know what’s going to happen.“ The message I heard  was to tone down my joy as if […]