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A message from a shoe

Last Tuesday I was worried about money. I was standing at the sink, washing the breakfast dishes, and my husband and I were discussing the long list of what it was going to cost us to move from Massachusetts back into our happy home in sunny Tallahassee. I could feel…

The question I asked Elizabeth Gilbert

Do you have a list in your head, or maybe written down somewhere, of people you would really like to meet? When I was a kid I really wanted to meet Pope John Paul II. I think seeing his photo in catechism every week made me want to see what…

Does your space support your groove?

Once upon a time I worked on a school campus with students who needed extra help. I pulled kids throughout the school day for work in small groups or one-on-one, helping finish homework, write papers, or practice math facts. At the end of each day at this job…