INSIDE THE BOX
Perhaps the World Ends Here
Helen Keller once wrote that, “The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched—they must be felt with the heart.” How very true that is. And yet . . .
New Year Resolutions
As the holidays end and the new year begins, many of us—more than a third of all Americans—will consider resolving to change our lives in one way or another during 2024. . . .
Winter Solstice
For many living in the Northern Hemisphere, winter is a season of cold, dark days. And the darkest of all—the winter solstice—comes soon. . . .
Bless Their Hearts
It’s Thanksgiving season, and families all over the country are preparing to come together to celebrate. . . .
For Those Who Walked With Us
Soon families all over the world will be commemorating All Souls’ Day (also known as Day of the Dead) . . .
A Farewell
Our last post highlighted the nostalgia many of us feel this time of year as we say goodbye to summer and prepare ourselves for the colder months ahead. . . .
September Song
The lyrics of September Song, first introduced in the 1938 Broadway musical, Knickerbocker Holiday, highlight the nostalgia many of us feel this time of year while also encouraging us to embrace, relish, and make the most of these precious days.
Love Like Salt
Why are we humans so prone to take for granted those things that are most essential to our well being? . . .
Au Vieux Jardin
Our family just returned from a whirlwind trip to Paris, Munich, Salzberg, and Rome. For me, one of the highlights of that trip was the time I spent wandering around Munich's English Garden. . . .
Small Kindnesses
Mother Teresa reportedly said that, “Not all of us can do great things. But we can do small things with great love.”
At Last the New Arriving
Today we’re sharing a poem in solidarity with all the people in our world for whom it’s unsafe to love who they love or be who they are . . .
I Happened to be Standing
It’s been unseasonably cool, cloudy, and rainy during my post-graduation visit to North Carolina. This morning, I sighed in disappointment when I awoke to the sound of more rain . . .
It Couldn’t Be Done
It’s graduation season! Never has that been so true for our family as it is this year. . . .
Good Bones
Listening to the news these days, it’s easy to despair about the state of the world and to believe, as Maggie Smith does, that “it’s at least fifty percent terrible.” The question is: what do we do with such observations?
