Teaching Kids to be Thankful is Not Just for Thanksgiving

It's November!  That magical month where people magically become softer, kinder, gentler, and more vocally grateful!  I love seeing gratitude.  I love hearing folks proclaim their gratitude. Now, I am not good at much, but gratitude and thankfulness?  THAT'S MY JAM.   If you know me at all then you know not a day, hell, …

Jimmy Kimmel’s Halloween Pranks are Not Funny. And No, I Do Not Need to Lighten Up.

Jimmy Kimmel's Halloween prank videos are not funny.  They are just mean.  I know that's an unpopular opinion, and I know that many of you will tell me to lighten up or that it's just a joke.  If you don't know what I'm talking about, all you have to do is google it and watch …

That’s Why I’m Here: On Vulnerability and Courage and Gratitude

Some days I am so steeled against the world, it's a wonder I even feel the rain on my face.  Other days, like today, I am cracked right open.  So raw and vulnerable that I may not function as a human being but rather just a ball of electric feelings so exposed to the elements …