Live With Flair

After nearly 8 years of daily blogging (I cannot believe it, and for those counting, nearly 2,900 blog posts), I still practice the original mission

My friend says that when she enters a room, she wants to “lift up the room” not “suck out the air” from negativity, complaint, or

Today I share with my students the results of the Harvard Study of Adult Development, the longest research study on happiness and health ever conducted. For

I read a post on this day from two years ago, and it still brings tears to my eyes when I think about this teacher:

I love Psalm 90:14 and this beautiful prayer: “Satisfy us in the morning with your unfailing love, that we may sing for joy and be

I see a photo in a travel magazine of someone eating a soft corn tortilla stuffed with roasted butternut squash, black beans, shrimp, avocado, cilantro,

My daughter starts her first job this afternoon at the grocery story down the street. I’ll drive her down, drop her off, and beam with

After the horrific news of the school shooting in Florida yesterday, I remember the paralyzing disbelief of Columbine. I remember asking, “How can this be?”

It’s late afternoon, and I’m crying in a bubble bath. I arrived home from work and a doctor’s appointment with my oldest daughter, Sarah, to

When I place students into their peer writing workshop groups of three, I always give them five minutes to answer a surprisingly difficult question. I