Dear Friends, SAD, the acronym for Separation Anxiety Disorder, is not a condition most of us grew up with or knew about. But we likely experienced some form...
Never Separated
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Community & Connection
God Says ‘Hi’
Dear Friends, A twenty-eight hour roundtrip this past May with my teenage grandson introduced me to more hip-hop and rap and street wisdom than I knew...
Cheering on One Another
Dear Friends, For some, it felt like the crowning of years of hard work, an appointment with destiny. For others, it felt like the disappointment of a...
Everybody Only
Dear Friends, New Hope Academy, a pre-K–6 school in Franklin, TN, was cited by former president George W. Bush in an address to the nation during his term in...
Trusted Allyship
Dear Friends, If you were wondering... the "2021 Word of the Year" is "allyship"... as per dictionary.com. The word "allyship"... first noted in the 1840s...
Singing Through Isolation
Dear Friends, Concerts sprang up wherever Covid 19 was doing its worst and wherever the resulting isolation needed a cure. Global concerts sang and played in...
Lean on Me
Dear Friends, Nearly 50 years ago singer/songwriter Bill Withers wrote the #1 single, "Lean on Me." You just call on me brother, when you need a hand We all...
Holding it Together
Dear Friends, Magnets, holding notes to refrigerators and the USB cord to computers. As a kid I had two miniature metal magnetic dogs... one red and one...
You Belong
Dear Friends, I felt it back when I was in Ms. Files class in East Elementary School. Not so many Valentine's Day cards addressed to me as I had hoped that...