You see, we need each other to hold on to hope. I couldn’t have come up with that solution on my own; I needed my dad and mom to help me.
I learned my lesson with these labradorite earrings – always wear backs on earrings even if it seems unlikely they could slip out. But I learned an even more important lesson – don’t give up.
I’m keeping the purple toaster to remind me that going slow is OK. It may even be advantageous in the long run.
Trying to control something that is not your responsibility is a waste of time and good energy.
My book Nontraditional: Life Lessons from a Community College is coming out tomorrow, right on the heels of the Coronavirus, so I’m sorry to say that my book release probably will be eclipsed in the wake of a global pandemic. We’ve all learned a lot from this situation: new behavior patterns, like handwashing and toilet paper buying, and new words, like pandemic, zoonotic, and social distancing.
