Apr
10
2023
How important is hope? I can’t believe how I need it. I have five big hopeful dreams right now and they are easily toppled with a few fearful thoughts. My husband Shann is infinitely more pragmatic. He doesn’t get...
Apr
07
2023
One of the gifts God has given me is a reframing of what I define as good. It’s been a long life lesson. I believe the disciples learned this lesson. How God could take the most wretched, miserable, terrible,...
Apr
05
2023
I am surprised at how many men I meet who laud the fact that they don’t cry. They make it sound like it is an accomplishment. In my mind there are few bigger tragedies than dry-eyed men unable to...
Apr
03
2023
My husband Shann teaches poetry for Stanford. I read one of his lessons and it was so beautiful I felt like crying. He says that courage is needed to be a poet.
Courage is so necessary in poetry because pain...