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July is Minority Mental Health Month. I just learned that. So I guess it’s fitting that I talk about this. Today. Tomorrow. Next month. Next year. Until I don’t have anything else to say. My ...
From the moment your kids are born until they reach adulthood it’s your responsibility to make sure they’re physically and mentally healthy. This is a big ask, and we know that. But it doesn’t have ...
I am coming to terms with what some of you know. Grief doesn’t have an end date. You might have seen/heard versions of this. But after seven years, it hits fresh and new ...
“Think of a time when you had a great — truly great! — experience with a company or brand’s product or service. What was the situation? What made it so good and memorable? How did ...
In 1975, my sister, Mary Evelyn, came to visit Tom, Lyle, and I while we were living in Dar es Salaam. We had been there for about a year and were delighted to see her. ...
Today, I read a wonderful, wise and loving farewell – and admonishment – from Rep. John Lewis. He spoke to all of us about what we need to do from here, for this nation to ...
“What time even is it right now?” I thought to myself as I spent another Sunday evening cramming away at building another lesson for my 9th-grade students that would inevitably blow up into fragments of ...
Last week, I removed a Fraternal Order of Police badge that was on the back of my car. The badge came with the car when my brother-in-law sold it to me—he had worked for a ...
Christian called. When he was in middle school and high school, he wore uniforms. And at Benedictine, he even had dress military uniforms for formal occasions. Outside of that, his fashion choice has generally been ...
One of the joys of being a parent is watching your children succeed in life. If you are a reasonable parent you set your expectations at healthy and happy, and consider everything else as icing ...
