A couple of weeks ago in class, I stood before a room of college freshman and asked, "any of you listen to NPR?" *crickets* And one student replied with, "how old are you?" My age doesn't matter, but I can tell you that some of the material that comes through NPR does. Recently I read a piece about the military transition. Service members … [Read more...]
Archives for May 2017
Dear Time, Please Slow Down…
It seems as the month of May comes, so do graduations, weddings, the end of the school year, the planning of family vacations, travel softball/baseball, you name it, it can happen in May...at least that is how it seems in our household. I need time to slow down. Just a little. Today I had a conversation about how my daughter will … [Read more...]
Remedies for the Anxious Mind
I admit, there are nights when sleep is hard to come by...I can't slow my brain down to enjoy a good night's sleep. Why is sleep so far off in the distance at times? My mind is racing--thinking of all the things that went down during the day--things I didn't get to check off my "to-do" list, distractions, just being worked up and not being … [Read more...]