Stories & reflections
A little encouragement for the everyday. Join me for stories, reflections, and lessons from a resilient heart.
This week’s inspiration comes from someone whose presence seems to get larger with each passing year—my mother. Although my father was the “professional” storyteller in our family, given his career as a columnist and pastor, Mom was well-known…
Read more: When Details Matter: A Lesson From My Mother →This week’s inspiration comes from a distant, but beautiful memory of my Madison and a family tradition we maintain to this day. My Looking Homeward column (below) from Sunday’s Op-Ed at The Herald Dispatch shares my thoughts. What…
Read more: What a Family Tradition Taught Madison →It was lauded as a first. In January, Baltimore Ravens head coach John Harbaugh and Orioles manager Buck Showalter shared the stage at Pathfinders for Autism’s second annual leadership conference. “Yes, we’re here, but let’s be clear, we’re…
Read more: Leading Through Challenge →This week I’m honoring Madison, my twenty-four-year-old daughter with autism. My inspiration comes from a challenge by Pathfinders for Autism, the non-profit I was privileged to help found sixteen years ago. In the spring of 1997, a few…
Read more: Time to Say It →Some call them slogans. Others label them as mantras or mottos. Lately, I’ve spent a good amount of time condensing thoughts down to clever words preceded by hashtags for my continued “adventures” on Twitter, the social media platform…
Read more: When Words Matter →She remembers every year. And she’s not even one of my girlfriends. She’s my mom’s girlfriend. My mom’s ninety-year-old girlfriend. But every February 26, a birthday card is in my mailbox. Even though my mother died eleven years…
Read more: Resilient Aging: The Secret Ingredient I Learned From One of My Heroes →This week’s inspiration was first published on Nanahood.com. Although I use the advice I found for a grandparenting dilemma, I use it almost daily in times of uncertainty. Enjoy! A Nana Ponders: When Will I See You Again?…
Read more: What To Do With Uncertainty →In early January, I had to make a difficult decision about our cat, Inky. She had begun to lose control of her body and could not take care of herself. I was worried she was suffering and thought…
Read more: Saying Goodbye to Inky →
