Daily Step – How are you showing up in the world?
“The point is you’re you, and that’s for keeps.” How many times have you tried to be something you are not? The most outgoing person in...
July 8, 2021
Daily Step – And anyway, what’s wrong with the maybe?
“And anyway, what’s wrong with Maybe?” Hmm… well… My personality doesn’t jive with maybe. Even though I don’t teach math anymore, my brain still really likes...
July 6, 2021
Daily Step – What are you grateful for today?
Today I’m grateful for push-ups. Ok in case you’ve been following along for a bit… yes I do still loathe push-ups. They are still my least favorite...
June 30, 2021
Daily Step – What are you feeling this Friday?
I have found that while May is a time of great celebration and joy for many, it’s also a time of anxiety, depression, sorrow, fear and...
May 28, 2021
Daily Step – Take a moment to be astonished by something new today.
On the way to school today, my boys flitted from one topic to another almost seamlessly – like a bee flits from flower to flower. We...
May 20, 2021
Daily Step – It doesn’t have to be perfect to be good.
It doesn’t have to be the blue iris. This is the first line in one of my favorite poems by Mary Oliver. The poem is about...
May 14, 2021
Daily Step – Pay Attention!
Pay attention. Oh my Lord how hard it is to pay attention these days. Either I’m distracted by my iPhone or my iPad or even my...
May 12, 2021
Daily Step – May your gravity be lightened by grace.
“May your gravity be lightened by grace.” There are so many people going through some incredibly hard things right now. And the truth is that most...
May 11, 2021
Daily Step – God speaks to us as God makes us.
“God speaks to us as God makes us.” This weekend, my oldest will celebrate his First Communion. In speaking with my spiritual director about it, she...
May 7, 2021
Daily Step – Just keep going.
There are mixed emotions in me today. Today starts our family three days of celebration. We start with my oldest son’s birthday today, the twins birthdays...
January 12, 2021