What Gratitude Looks Like
"I don't have to choose extraordinary moments to find happiness. It's in front of me if I'm paying attention and practicing gratitude." Brene Brown I [...]
This is Real: How You Helped One Girl Achieve Her Turn-Around Story
I love historical fiction, especially when it portrays the triumph of the human spirit rising above tragic circumstances. It doesn't get much better than that [...]
“What did you do over summer break?”
My favourite back-to-school activity was always the summer recap essay. Year after year, our first task as we began school was to write what we [...]
Lamps, Rugs, and Bulletin Boards
I spent nine years teaching public school. First as a middle school English teacher (yes, I actually like that age!), later as a high school [...]
Mr. Arya’s School — High Ground in the Flood of Poverty
Welcome to Mr. Arya's School. His school sits in the middle of five villages filled with marginalized people. These villages house thousands of people society [...]
Shake Your Sillies Out: It’s Back to School Time!
I always get a bit nostalgic this time of year. We're in the dog days of summer, and for many of us, that means [...]
Holding Hands: A New Kind of Freedom
Growing up, freedom to me looked like letting go of my Mum's hand. I remember my first trip to an amusement park, and I [...]
Am I Doing Enough: The Unthinkable Realities of Child Labor
Meet Harini, Aditi, and Saachi. They live in the capital of Bangalore, a thriving city that is the center of India’s high-tech industry. [...]
Don’t Look Away: Sexual Abuse is Real
This is painful, but please don’t look away. For over 2,000 years, hundreds of thousands of girls have been forced into ritual sex abuse in [...]