Volunteering is the ultimate exercise in democracy. You vote in elections once a year, but when you volunteer, you vote every day about the kind of community you want to live in. ~Author Unknown This Sunday will kick off the start of National Volunteer Week, which runs from April 14-21,…
That bug. That nasty, creepy-crawly, disgusting bug. That bug. That beautiful, golden, iridescently luminous bug. Have you ever noticed how our perspectives on a situation can change given its background, framework, and surroundings? Upon discovering the bug in this photo on the kitchen floor, would you find this bug to…
I recently read that the city council of Naperville, a western suburb of Chicago, had approved the development of Naperville Family Building Center, a fertility clinic run by Dr. Randy Morris that will provide in-vitro fertilization (IVF) and other fertility treatments to couples struggling to realize their dream of raising…
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I, I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference. Robert Frost Today’s piece is not the one I had intended to post. Planning to link up with Monday Listicles on the topic of “roads,” my original piece was…
As many of us commemorate the Easter holiday this weekend with secular traditions and/or religious rites, let us a consider a different perspective. Let us consider the perspective of grieving mother, a pragmatic believer, a faithful realist. I first heard the poem “Mary” by Philip Appleman at church during the…
When was that point in your life when you felt the happiest, the most fulfilled, the most comfortable? Have you gotten there yet? Are you there now? Are you still waiting? Or do you wish you could go back in time? I was recently discussing all the ways in which…