The Key to Happiness: Running with the Bulls
Article first published as The Key to Happiness: Running with the Bulls on Blogcritics. How many people are guilty of ruining a beautiful day because they choose to let worry or past memories trouble them? I know I am. Take yesterday, for example; Instead of grabbing a beach blanket, heading out in the sun and enjoying the sounds of the ocean, I spent More...
Stepping On Cracks
A creative piece on recovering from heartache… What is it about the rain? Knocking on my bedroom window, like a desperate lover, begging for someone to listen to his sad song. Damn him for waking me! How More...
Happy Birthday Fenway Park: Boston Celebrates Fenway’s 100th Anniversary
Fenway Park is the oldest Major League Baseball stadium in the United States, having opened on April 20, 1912. On that date, the Red Sox played against the New York Highlanders (later renamed the New York Yankees) More...
The Resilient Child
istock photo Teaching PE last week, one of my kindergarteners (we’ll call him John) seemed unusually despondent and depressed. He didn’t want to participate in the soccer drills and when I tried to encourage More...
Missing Jessica
2012-04-03 All too frequently, the evening news will highlight a missing child, teen or young adult. Missing persons are so prevalent in this country, that ABC has recently launched a new series called Missing. More...
Where Does Low Self-Esteem Come From?
Do you know someone with low self-esteem? Do they blame their mother? Self-esteem is not something that only affects adults. It’s a life time tug-of-war, beginning at birth, between how we see our self and how More...
