What a Mormon Woman Taught Me About Truth and Clothing
How do you respond when someone tells you how to dress? Like most people, I’m resistant to the idea. It reminds me of being five years old and being told to dress up for a party. Or being in seventh grade and having to wear the dreaded gym uniform. (Mine was a...
Why Numbers Suck. And What You Can Do About It.
How do you feel about numbers? Do they scare you? Does the phrase “Solve for X” make your skin crawl and your toes sweat? Or are you a geek who embraces the numerical world with all the enthusiasm of a child on Christmas morning? Oh boy! Pythagorean...
Why Marriage Matters
Are you one of those kids who dreamed about your wedding day? Or were you more into playing kickball and eating ice cream, unencumbered by such trivial fantasies? Throughout my childhood, I was solidly in the second camp. I never once had images of myself in a fancy...
What the Grasshopper Has to Teach Us About Shame and Rebirth
Have you ever been misunderstood? Have you ever had someone not get you at all? Have you ever been snubbed or judged unfairly? The grasshopper knows your pain. While some insects get all the glory (cough**butterflies**cough), others are forever shunned from the Insect...