by Kate | Jun 9, 2015 | Uncategorized
I have been volunteering one morning a week in the Columbia Heights Adult Basic Education English as a Second Language classroom for about a year. It has been a wonderful experience because: I get to learn about the world. I love it when we pull down the world map and...
by Kate | Jun 3, 2015 | Uncategorized
Kind promise: I will be tender with weaknesses. Today I was an idiot. (I am probably idiotic most days, but today I noticed it!) Walking along beside me, Jenny shrieked, waved her arms and danced all over the sidewalk. “It’s a bee! It’s right on me!” “How silly,” I...
by Kate | May 19, 2015 | Uncategorized
Kind promise: I will build, nurture and celebrate connection. I’ve been sick for the last week, hunkered around the Kleenex box and watching numbing amounts of television. In this month where I intended to be nurturing connection, I have, instead, been exploring...
by Kate | May 5, 2015 | Uncategorized
Kind promise: I will build, nurture and celebrate connections. The older I get, the more I am convinced that it’s all about relationships. And here I sit with 100 stories lining up in defense of the idea that I don’t have time for people. My constellation of character...
by Kate | Apr 21, 2015 | Uncategorized
Kind promise: I will ask for and accept help gracefully. About a week ago, someone offered me eight photographic cards. I was about to decline politely when I paused… Wasn’t I about to reject an offer of help? This, in a month when I am practicing accepting help...
by Kate | Apr 14, 2015 | Uncategorized
Yesterday, Talisha joined me on the paratransit bus I was riding. The driver said, “hi Talisha,” as though he was glad to see her. “Beautiful chair!” she exclaimed, looking at me. Talisha exclaimed everything in a musical singsong. I don’t think about my wheelchair as...
