I am a decent cook. I used to be a good cook. Cooking has taught me many things. Growing up in the 70’s & 80’s, I ate my fair share of casseroles. Back then, I was not a fan. There were too many things mixed together. I wanted food that I could identify. My mother […]
Yesterday, I did a really dumb thing. I took my contacts out to rest my eyes and could not find my saline solution. Hoping that my daughter had left some of her solution behind, I ran to the upstairs bathroom. There, I found a small bottle that looked a lot like my saline […]
I was driving down a long stretch of highway, somewhere between Arkansas and Texas, when I saw the words, ‘Real Christians Obey God’s Teachings’ fill an entire billboard. My first feeling was anger. Why would someone want to put that on a billboard? It reminded me of my grandmother telling me that ‘God won’t like […]
This is one of my heroes. His name is Greg Boyle, SJ. He is a priest from Los Angles, CA who started and now runs the largest gang rehabilitation and re-entry program in the world. I am such a fan that I’ve toured his ‘Homeboy Industries’ and eaten at ‘Homegirl Cafe in Los Angeles. And, […]
I used to facilitate an expressive writing class at our county jail. One of our fun activities involved using something called a story starter. A story starter is a way to give the writer a place to begin. I would give each young lady a slip of paper with a sentence written on it and […]