What’s on your calendar?
We have a big calendar on the wall of our kitchen. On a normal April, it is filled. Every single day has something written on it. Baseball games, track practices, Mom’s speaking events, Dad’s recruiting trips — every day is spoken for. When school was cancelled in March, my youngest son, Ben, took a marker
Calling all kindness spotters – we need your stories!
Do you know what’s annoyingly contagious? Coronavirus. Do you know what’s delightfully contagious? Kindness. I’m going to shift this column for a while so that instead of sharing general kindness stories, we can all celebrate the kindness that is happening specifically during this time of crisis. I’ll need your help. I know you are seeing
It wasn’t all bad
Have you seen the #WeRemember video from @TheSocialCoUK? If you do nothing else today… no shower, no making of the bed, no brushing of the teeth… do this one thing. Watch the video. https://www.facebook.com/TheSocialCoUK/videos/3653942478011904/ It so perfectly lays out the beauty we will see on the other side of this crisis. Kindness is unfolding before
Kindness just means paying attention
Have you ever gone viral? Me neither — unless you count winning a car on “The Price is Right,” but that’s not really fame as much as it is a quick brush with fortune (until we had to pay taxes on the car I won). My friend Don Carter has gone viral. Back in 2017,
The miracle is coming
“There is a miracle on the other side of this mountain.” I was doing a video chat with a friend and her words awoke the hope inside me. She said it’s her daily mantra. It’s the place she parks her brain when her brain wants to idle in the land of what-ifs. She heard those
Kindness leaves footprints that stick
There is a woman who lives in my former town of Athens, Ohio. She makes the most delicious smelling soap and is pretty famous, although she would never admit to it. Her name is Space and her company is playfully called Space Cadet Soaps. Space recently shared her musings on kindness after receiving an unexpected
All the time in the world
I was talking to my brother last night. He’s a really great guy and I’m not just saying that because we have the same genes. He has this crazy, wildly biting wit, but in the next breath, he’ll be telling me he loves me. He calls and checks in with me way more than I
