Yesterday, on my own personal blog, I wrote a post about the intersection of my ambition and fear. I can be a very ambitious person, but I often reach a point in the middle of a project where I think, “Have I gone too far?” When I first discover the idea for a project – whether it is a home Read more…
Recently I read a blog post, The Secret Behind a Great Person which told the story of Theo van Gogh. History has placed Theo in the shadows of his older brother, Vincent van Gogh. It seems that without Theo, Vincent would not have been able to produce his works of art. Theo supported Vincent financially as well as emotionally. Donald Latumahina writes, “There Read more…
For the most part, out bodies have an effective immune system. Every day our body is bombarded by pathogens aimed at taking us down. Our immune systems fights against these pathogens and most of the time, we remain healthy. There are, of course, times when the system gets overloaded and we have to take additional steps to get better again. Read more…
Recently, there has been a wave of agencies moving towards home-based therapy, in which a therapist comes to your home to provide therapy to your family. Often this process is completed with a family – rather than an individual – though often a child is the target client. This tradition was once a common part of health care, though now Read more…
It was the spring of 1990. My sister had just bought a trans am. It was black. It was shiny. It was the coolest thing I had ever sat my butt in. “Can I drive it?” “Are you sure you can drive a stick?” she asked. “Yeah. I drove dad’s truck.” Let me tell you, it was AMAZING! The V8 Read more…
