I can't believe that I am just learning about StoryCorps! Their mission: to help us believe in each other by illuminating the humanity...

On the silent, wooded, oddly warm, creepy path to the graves, it occurs to me that they are centuries of old friends and mothers and childre

"How do I tell this lost teenager that I’m none of the big things she is torturing her self for me to become."

"My back hurts from carrying the grief of what this year was supposed to be."

Human Trafficking is an ongoing global issue but it also takes place in our own backyard. January is Human Trafficking Awareness month. ...

Everyone Has a Story…. A simple truth so often forgotten. The OM Daily Inspiration linked here explores the crux of empathy:bound’s...

I often feel the urge to save writing for after the story has concluded. Right now, I am deep in the depths of a story, and have no idea...

Over the past few days, the universe has repeatedly presented a message. It relates to a subject about which I am passionate…one that I...

It’s been a while but I enjoyed a moment today that I wanted to share. This is about my baggage. One of my coping mechanisms is...

Over the last 9 months, I’ve written many posts that haven’t been shared. This year has been such a rollercoaster of emotions,...

It was 1998 and life since my 1986 graduation had been quite an adventure. The first time that I heard What It's Like by Everlast I was...

These are disturbing times. On a daily basis, there is news that breaks my heart. The loss of life to virus and violence is hard to take...

From the time I was a kid, I thrived off of others seeing me as a strong person, a powerhouse, and most importantly, a success.

Archbishop Desmond Tutu and His Holiness the Dalai Lama succinctly explain the role of forgiveness on the path to peace.  It has been my...

It’s a December afternoon in Pittsburgh so one might not be surprised that it’s a bit gray and spitting rain. I am back from a forest...

"Empathy, to me, is not a soft emotion, and it rarely feels good. Empathy is as hardcore as it gets."

Words that still rock me to the core.  My mother was never one to mince words or hesitate to make her opinions known.   Rarely did I...

For those of you who know my fondness for river-bathing on mission trip, this post is not about that…Lol. This is about a different kind...

The day began like many at that particular point in my life… Working three jobs and going to college full-time while raising a teenage...

In these times, often it is hard to empathize with and feel other’s feeling because just feeling your own can be beyond overwhelming.

Empathy - I cannot say when it was that I came to understand empathy or that I can even fully explain the concept now. What I do know is...