Sankofa is an Akan Twi word from Ghana that means “to go back and fetch it.” It’s a concept that encourages people to learn from their past

Some years ago, I read a headline that made me smile: “Detroit Wins—America’s Thanksgiving Day Parade Named No. 1 in America.” It had been

“I do daywork” is what I remember hearing her say. It would be a few years before I knew what that was and more than a few decades before I

I spotted the first gray hairs on my head when I was still in high school. They refused to go unnoticed, standing out in texture as well as

I have always loved the movie It’s a Wonderful Life; the title, Jimmy Stewart’s acting, and especially the overall message which has stuck w

Now that I’m in my sixth decade of life, I can admit to my unique habit of hoarding. Except for a couple of things, I finally stopped in my

In that moment, the dog bite represented physical things that require medical intervention. I have had my share of those this year. While in

As I write this, I am in Berlin, Germany at the end of a two-week experimental treatment program to help restore my full eyesight.  

During this time when so many have come to the aid of others, without regard to themselves, these words are offered. High on the mountain...

Lately, I’ve been trying to untangle the difference between thanks and gratitude. It’s so easy to use them interchangeably. But I realize

Not able to sleep one night (possibly because I had fallen asleep before my usual 9PM bedtime and awoke several hours later and couldn’t...

You may have made bad choices in life. You may have been in places and have done things that are embarrassing, but you are not a mistake....

As I write this, it’s been almost two years since I have been able to see my image clearly in the mirror. I have counted the mirrors in...

For more than five years, my mother and I have shared a weekly ritual: Sunday brunch, just me and Ma, or Mumsie, as I sometimes call her.

But time and lived experience--what some call earned wisdom--have since taught me the value of NOW and how much there is to learn when we gi

I read a bit of trivia that surprised me and challenged something that I had been believing most my life. I love a challenge, especially...

Casting judgement is a reflex, a weapon that each of us wields and uses without realizing our guilt or that it cuts both ways....

Throughout my childhood, wherever we lived, there was always a vibrant, organic community made up of friendship, trust, and a sense that...

"We are not human beings having a spiritual experience; we are spiritual beings having a human experience." --Pierre Teilhard de Chardin...

Fifteen years have passed since one of my more memorable encounters with my angel. I say this with certainty and the belief that angels...