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The Sense of Belonging – A Powerful Connection

I can still remember my third year as a preschool teacher when I received a card in the mail from a mother whose son was in my classroom…

Mother and young daughter connect hand and form a heart

The Superpower of Empathy – A Gift to the World

My weekend shopping ritual began as I walked through the sliding doors of my local Walmart. The usual took place – a Walmart greeter said,…

author meeting with the Masai women of Kenya

My Sankofa Experiences

This is part one of a three-part blog that relates to the importance of culture. We need to “Sankofa”!…go forward but go back. Sankofa…

Author visiting the slave dungeons in Ghana

My Sankofa Experiences, Part 2

Last month I shared what I called a “Sankofa” experience that helped me to find out more about myself. Sankofa is a word from West Africa…

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