Category Archives: Big Dreams
Once Upon A Time Someone Gave a Little Girl with Cowboy Boots and a Blue Tutu a Chance: Girls’ Education & a Chance to “Be the First.”
She stood before the class today and formally introduced herself. They’d all seen her before but this was the first time they would call her by name. Sitting tall with her back straight, she seemed poised and ready. A younger … Continue reading
Filed under Big Dreams, For a Better World, Humanity, Poverty, Uncategorized
Dear Mr. Kringle, there is a young woman out there who needs a 34th Street.
You will think I am crazy only because I have never met her. And that is why I need you in this very moment. I probably will never meet her or know she is the one who received this message, … Continue reading
Filed under Big Dreams, Happiness, Holidays, Uncategorized
Let’s Turn Our Lives into A Christmas Carol that the World Just Itches to Hear A Single Note of.
So I have been on Facebook for the past half hour and it is official. Facebook Official, if you will call it that. There is no way to defriend your own self on Facebook. Come on Mark Zuckerberg, how did … Continue reading
Filed under Big City, Big Dreams, Happiness, Life Lessons, Love Is..., Love Letters, Uncategorized
Before any Seamstress of Stories, there comes the one who taught them how to sew.
It’s at the very top of my “Not the easiest thing in the world to explain…” list. Right there, the top of the list. Numero Uno: Explaining to a 4, 7, and 9-year-old why you have two plastic skeletons dressed … Continue reading
Filed under Big Dreams, Holidays, Humanity, Life Lessons, Simply Living, Thank You, The Tough Stuff
You were never made to be an oyster. You serve the world much better as a pearl.
I found her sleeping, wedged peacefully between two filing cabinets. Her face told a different story though, of a little girl who wanted a bed to sleep in, with pillows surrounding her on every side. I’m used to hearing her … Continue reading
Filed under Big Dreams, Reality, The Tough Stuff
Becoming a “New Yorker”: Glass slippers don’t make for an easy morning commute.
The first time I attempted to be a real New Yorker I was nearly hit by a car. For the longest time, looking like I belonged in New York City came with a belief in the practicality of impractical shoes … Continue reading
Filed under Big City, Big Dreams, Humanity, Life Lessons, Loneliness, The Tough Stuff
Keep painting the world, dipping all your brushes into the same big bucket called “A Better Place.”
I learned at sleep-away bible camp in the 5th grade that God had messed up in making me. One) It is beyond me why a bunch of camp counselors would make a bunk full of homesick, Bible-toting adolescents draw pictures … Continue reading
Filed under Big City, Big Dreams, Disconnect, For a Better World, Love Is..., Reality
Stay a Lover of Little Things: Pearls for the Suitcase and the Train to the City.
The train ticket is booked. Suitcases that claim they are big enough to fit my life in their tummies have come tumbling down from the attic. I am moving to New York City in 25 days. A little less than a month. … Continue reading
Filed under Big City, Big Dreams, Life Lessons, Uncategorized
Our dreams were always meant to belong to the world but have we forgotten that we must raise them first?
I feel bad. I left her sitting on the subway without any dreams in her head. I abandoned a drug addict without granting him a resolution. I left some boy in a random hospital bed but I forgot to geographically … Continue reading
Filed under Big Dreams, Humanity, Simply Living
