Thankful for my Marm, Even if I did Make Her Cry at Little Women
It was a week before Christmas and I was making dinner with the 1994 version of Little Women playing in the background. I watch …
A grateful heart: My favorite month is finally here!
I can’t be the only one feeling a bit blind sided by the date. June 1? How did we get almost halfway …
A little customer service gratitude this holiday season
Yesterday was A. Day. The kind where the drive home was a rumination of all the things I should’ve said, plus regret …
Stranded in Albuquerque (and surprisingly thankful)
People ask me all the time: “How did you do it?” Until standing at the ticket counter today, not yelling at the gate …
A grateful heart: Baking with Marm
When I was little, we lived next door to my grandparents for awhile. On Thanksgiving, I remember traipsing the few hundred yards …
Why I appreciate Veterans in the classroom
At the end of last semester, one of my students handed me a small, but weighty envelope. When I opened it, I …
A grateful heart: A grump and a pint-sized bookworm
I was ecstatic for a moment. I thought I had won the Christmas tree wager!! (The one where I bet the Christmas tree …
A grateful heart: Coffee-n-walks
We set out in a new direction every week. Winding around campus. Meandering through quaint downtown streets. Attempting, for a minute anyway, to ford Big …
A grateful heart: Remembering their sacrifice
On this Memorial Day, I am feeling intense gratitude for the men and women who have laid down their lives in the …
A grateful heart: Feeling neighborly
“[Bzzzz] I turned you into a frog!” “[Bzzzz] I turned you into a toilet!” “[Bzzzz] I turned you into a banana!” “[Bzzzz] …