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Love, like a carefully loaded ship, crosses the gulf between the generations. Therefore, we do not neglect the ceremonies of our passage: when we wed, when we die, and when we are blessed with a child; When we depart and when we return; When we plant and when we harvest. Antione St. Exupery I have b

At the risk of being reprimanded at work and feeling more embarrassment than I already have, I’ll share a little tid-bit with you: earlier in the semester, I FORGOT to go teach one of my classes on an ordinary Wednesday. Yeah, you read that right—I forgot to go do my job. “How does this happen?” you

What's it all about, Alfie? Is it just for the moment we live? What's it all about when you sort it out, Alfie? Are we meant to take more than we give Or are we meant to be kind?... I can just hear Dionne Warwick singing this song now. These oldie, goldie lyrics by Burt Bacharach and Hal Davis speak

Nothing in life is free. You’ve heard that, I know—from your parents or grandparents. It’s true. And it is true in relationships. Even the privilege of being in a secure relationship has a price attached to it. Judith Viorst called these "necessary losses." Like some of your individual ‘freedoms’. I

It could have been so much worse. We were teetering on that place where the conversation could have taken a turn down the slippery slope in an instant. It was last Sunday late morning and we were out on a walk when my phone rang. My Dad had been admitted to ICU the night before and I was waiting for

Amy and I decided to offer another Relationship Series in the month of February. For many of us, relationships (of any type) are often a center point of our lives. And yet, many of us bumble our way through them until we find there are ways to think about how we might do better. Our hope, as always,

Hi LiM2 readers! Amy and I have discussed this possibility many times over the last year and a half--that we might not have a blog to post on Monday morning. But so far, it never happened; somehow we managed to push through each time! Needless to say, not this time. On Friday, we met and decided tha

It's January 30th. The end of the first month of the year. When Rhea and I were planning the next few blogs we thought it would be a good time to ask, "So just how are those New Year's resolutions coming?" Hold the answer to that question for a moment. I have been reading Angela Duckworth's newest b

Artist: Shepard Fairey It is often said that the only thing in life you can reliably count on is change. I would add that you can always count on life being messy. Both have continued to be true this week. At the end of last week, I quickly made and finalized plans to attend the Women's March in Was

"I think that's what the future holds for me.... making the world that I want as opposed to commenting on the world that is." This is a quote from an NPR interview with Taylor Mac, a musician who created A 24-Decade History of Popular Music which was first performed live on October 8th, 2016 in Broo