Walk In My Shoes

Nothing could have ever prepared me for that day. No amount of teacher preparation courses or years of experience could have helped. But on that day so many years ago when I saw my first grade student standing at the door fidgeting with her dress, looking so small...

Take A Step Towards Happiness Today

Early this morning I laced my running shoes and took to the roads. The wind blew hair freely and I began to think and pray as my feet hit the hard pavement. One step after another back and forth an ordinary day and an ordinary run. But all of a sudden as I rounded the...

Waiting Is Never Easy

From the time I was a very young girl I dreamt about being a mother. Holding my own little freshly bathed and powdered baby. Rocking her gently and singing her lullabies. But although my longing was strong , I did not experience the joys of motherhood until later in...