Hungry

I talked this past Sunday about our inbuilt and innate human desire for connection and belonging.  Like the song says, we want to be wanted

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Falling Down

I fell today.  Hard. There was nothing graceful or elegant about it.  It was a clown fall, a Charlie Chaplain, legs in the air, panic

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PRACTICE

 It was kind of an academic piggy bank.  Each Wednesday morning, my fifth grade teacher at Dodd Elementary in West St. Paul handed out little

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Elbow to Elbow

              Elbow to Elbow Loneliness. At least a half a dozen people have mentioned it to me this week,

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The Problem of Praise

This week’s Early Childhood Family Education (ECFE) topic was “The Problem of Praise”, an in depth look at the perils of employing praise to reinforce

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Facebook and Abraham Lincoln

Curiosity, voyeurism, the occasional thought-provoking reference: these are the main reasons I check into Facebook once a day.  I also appreciate hearing what friends are

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Oh my God

         I think I’m going to paint my living room red.  Not a crass, fire-engine red or patriotic red, but more of

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Going Home

“What is your final destination?” asked the glowing blue sign as I dashed down the carpeted concourse toward my gate.  I thought my eyes were

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The Corsage

They would wear their corsages to church the Sunday after a big dance.  Often a big maroon or yellow mum from the Homecoming dance, or

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Choking

I performed the Heimlich Maneuver Monday evening — on myself. Lurking in the “string beef” from Trader Joe’s I had slung on top of some

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