A few days ago, a dear friend invited me to join in something that pushes the edges of my sense of self. Nothing dangerous or illegal, not even too silly (which I’d rarely decline anyway), but something that would require me to enhance and enlarge a part of my identity, and to move toward reclaiming […]
Archive for the ‘Existential’ Category
The Invitation
Posted in Existential, Personal Growth on August 3, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Harry Potter – Good. Voldemort – Bad.
Posted in Emotions/Inner World, Existential, Personal Growth on July 31, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Sometimes it’s good to keep things simple. To refrain from overanalyzing, sorting though, figuring out, staying in the gray between extremes or opposites. Hot/Cold. Good/Bad. In/Out. Soft/Hard. Open/Closed. Love/ ? [What’s the opposite of love? Perhaps I’ve just stumbled on a topic for another day.]
Short Story
Posted in Children, Existential, Family, Isolation/Belonging, Writing on May 12, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Setting: Any given town, on any given night. Parents’ bedroom, 1:00 am. Dad is sound asleep. Mom has had a headache from a lingering cold, so she’s sleeping fitfully. There’s a knock on the bedroom door. Their 8-year-old daughter is upset, having awoken to an outlandish racket outside her window. She wants to come into […]
Everyday Math
Posted in Aging, Existential, Midlife, Personal Growth, School, Youth on April 17, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
My son’s math curriculum is called Everyday Math – the idea is to use math concepts in everyday situations we encounter, rather than keep math separate, a subject during the school day that has no tie to real life. Thus, he can figure out fractions when we need only 2 of a dozen eggs, or […]