Who are you? Well, the “no,” the “F,” the one pink line instead of two, the switch from “Mrs.” back to “Ms.,” the lay off, the dreaded 2 am phone call; are all outcomes that we tend to use to identify ourselves as failures and mistakes inadequate and condemned. But it’s one thing to be affected by outcomes. It’s another thing to be defined by them. Our identity is who we believe ourselves to be at the core. It is always found in our god. Your god is that which you can’t help Continue Reading
The Door Will Be Closing
There we were waiting on the platform in New York City when the subway train we needed pulled up. As the door opened I could hear the automated lady’s voice warn us saying something to the tune of “the doors will be closing… the doors will be closing…” And guess what happened after some designated amount of time? Yep… the doors closed. The only problem for the two of us was I was on the train and my husband was still on the platform! We locked eyes as I glided by aboard and he stood there Continue Reading
Talk About Grace
One day, I received a mind boggling email informing me that my daughter’s latest math assessment had been graded and recorded as a 48%--an F!! I emailed the teacher asking her for any advice or direction she may have to give. I told her we were doing all we knew to do at home, but clearly Gabrielle needs more support in math given how poorly she performed on this assessment. The teacher responded to my email with the following: “She actually did very well she just didn’t do the back at Continue Reading