Life is a long lesson in humility.
– J.M. Barrie
“Gramma, my baby is turning 17.” My mother to my great-grandmother as my 17th approached.
“Oh, sweetie, my baby just turned 75.”
Perspective is powerful.
I’m finding it difficult to muster the initiative to complete the pedagogically disagreeable grad program to which I was awarded a scholarship.
A former student and first-generation college student is struggling to keep their financial aid for the second semester because of the negligence of an absentee parent.
Perspective is powerful.
SLA must work each year to scrape together the funding to keep our laptop program afloat.
Teachers in the Suba School District of Mbita Kenya must work each day against the spread of HIV/AIDS, teen pregnancy and longstanding negative views about the relative worth of women to keep their female students enrolled in school.
Perspective is powerful.
A friend of mine is working to balance their personal life, professional life and intrapersonal life. It’s proving a frustrating endeavor.
My best friend Katy’s sister’s fiance dropped their “Save The Date” notes in the mail Tuesday morning on his way to work. Ten minutes later, his car was T-boned when going through an intersection.
He’s in the hospital, unconscious under heavy sedation.
Yesterday, he responded to stress stimuli for the first time.
Today is his birthday.
I shared what’s going on with Katy’s family with my friend struggling with balance.
“I need to get over myself,” she said.
Perspective is powerful.
You always were very good at making me cry Mr. Chase… Thank you so much.
I wanted to leave an update about Tommy (my sister's fiance who was in the accident last week). Tommy is doing well- he's responding to more stimuli everyday and the doctors want to take him off the respirator today. He's strong and young and although a brain injury will affect his work as an Actuary, the doctors believe he will make a full recovery and live a happy life. My sister is thrilled! Thanks for sharing his story- if it helps someone “get over” themselves, and remember to take life one day at a time, I know he'd be happy.