For as long as I can remember I have known that I am an adopted child. The adopted word carries so many questions and heartaches with it at least it does for me. One large question that always comes up is why? So where do I belong? As I grew the questions grew with...
What if the advice you’ve been searching for isn’t out there somewhere but already sitting quietly inside you? Not loud. Not flashy. Not trending. Just… there. Because if we’re honest, most of us already know the right move. We know which habits are hurting us. We...
I remember being ten years old and knowing deep in my bones that my mother was getting it terribly wrong. Not in the way children complain about rules or punishments, but in a quieter, more unsettling way. I could see patterns. I could sense that the choices being...
It’s a question that sometimes makes people uncomfortable: Is there a culture around poverty? The honest answer is yes, of course there is. But before we jump to conclusions about what that means, we should pause and think about what culture really is. Culture is...
I live in Battle Creek. So do you. But we may not live in the same Battle Creek. We drive the same streets. We pass the same schools. We see the same “Now Hiring” signs. And yet, the experience of living here can be completely different depending on what economic...
