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Process Over Outcome: A Perfect Focus for 2022

Last December was the first time I reflected long and hard on the year that was about to end. The year 2020 was an eventful year if there ever was one, and I came up with seven different lessons or...Read More →

Kindness Unexpected

Here’s a message* I received back in January which gave me a sense of hope for the year that was starting : Hello Mrs. Daniella, how are you. You probably don’t remember me, it’s been 22 years since I...Read More →

Random Things to Be Thankful For

I love the Thanksgiving holiday. What’s not to like about heaps of yummy food shared with family and friends and taking the time to reflect on what we are (or ought to be) grateful for? There’s no...Read More →

The Power of Prayer: It’s Not What You Think!

I’m too skeptical or lacking in faith to believe God intercedes when we invoke him in prayer. I mean, if I were to ask God, “Please, God, don’t let my son be one of the unnamed casualties from this...Read More →

A Must-read Book that Will Change How You Think about Being Wrong

I recently finished a book that blew me away: Being Wrong: Adventures in the Margin of Error, by journalist Kathryn Schulz.For starters, Being Wrong reminds us that the most mysterious object in the...Read More →

Mother’s Day Letter: You’ve Been a Good Mom and I Have Proof!

Hi there Dani!Thank goodness for the video cam your husband, Cesar, bought back when the kids were toddlers. There’s your proof you weren’t a bad mother. In fact, from what I can see, you were actually...Read More →

Bribery: I Bribed an Airport Official for All the Wrong Reasons

Back in 1998 when my sons were 4 and 2 years old, I bribed an airport official so I could escape. No, I wasn't escaping political persecution, war, death threats from the mafia, poverty, or marital...Read More →

You’d Better Be Kind When Giving Tech Support to Your Mom

Have you ever encouraged someone to embrace technology and then regretted it? Me, I’m starting to lament pushing my mom to up her game. Look, she’s 79, and as bright and energetic as anyone half her...Read More →

Running Motivation: Why Running Is Better Than Sex

Running is orders of magnitude better than many things I find awesome. I just chose sex as the comparison because sex is the quintessential point of reference when judging the awesomeness of human...Read More →

Parenting and Death: What I Fear Most about Being a Parent

Parenting brings such joy sometimes the euphoria makes you want to explode into a million sparkles. Other times, though, the pain’s so great you’d like the whole world to collapse into a dark hole. You...Read More →