As an at-home mother of little ones as well as a writer, composer and flute/voice teacher who volunteers as choir director and natural family planning teacher, I have to be really smart with my time in order to accomplish anything at all. Here’s my take on maximizing time and productivity, based on my experience as [...]
I’ve tried to write this a dozen times, and every time I do, I realize that the vast majority of you are going to tune out, perhaps even close the browser window, when you read the next two words: Down syndrome. Disability makes us uncomfortable. Whatever lip service we pay to valuing those with special [...]
I quit buying the glossy magazines devoted endorsing a shape so emaciated it appeared ghoulish. Was the fashion industry warped, or was I? And with its ideals of beauty so entrenched, would it ever change its stripes? Well, it would seem so, as plus-size models took to the runway in New York recently. One giant leap for womankind – or a case of too little, too late?
Recently, I’ve spent a lot of time looking back at some of the things that have happened in my life and what’s brought me to where I am today. Not in a depressing way, but looking at everything with more of an open mind and the knowledge I have now that I didn’t have before.