Month: May 2009
The Message
“I never cut class,” she told the girls, who were moved to tears. “I loved getting A’s. I liked being smart. I liked being on time. I liked getting my work done. I thought being smart was cooler than anything in the world.” This quote is from a woman whose father was a Chicago water …
Reality Check
The Work of Love
“Our destiny changes with our thought; we shall become what we wish to become, do what we wish to do, when our habitual thought corresponds with our desire.” Marden, Orison Swett “Love begins at home, and it is not how much we do… but how much love we put in that action.” Mother Teresa “Our …
Pain in the Neck
Have I mentioned before how much I love editing? Just in case anyone is confused…. I love editing. I am half way through reviewing like 50 hours of footage for one of these current projects. Some of the footage I am seeing for the first time. I found myself laughing out loud on a 4 …
Wheels on the Bus
These times are teaching all of us…. Again. College students are home and unable to find work. Grown men and women are applying for work that was traditionally for teen-agers. Nothing like having to use grammatically correct verb-age to order your burger from your child’s English teacher or having the water park life guards try …
Man Is That He Might Have…
Coming and Going
Wistie is home! YEA! I think she feels discombobulated. I remember how that feels. You know you are different, but everyone still treats you the same and you want to scream and say, “I’m not the same little girl any more,” but you don’t and then you find yourself regressing back to what “you think” …