Author: Kelly

How I Learned the Painful Way Why I Should Lean Up Straight

I rolled over and felt the stabs of pain right between my shoulder blades. 3:00 A.M. never looked so annoying! I muttered as I tried rolling to the other side. Nope. I was greeted by a disagreeable sensation in that shoulder as well. I’ve always tended to carry my stress there, as much as I’ve told […]

Lean Beside

Lean beside the ones who ask for help Just as much as you lean beside the ones who say they’re fine Lean beside the ones who encourage As well as the ones who only want to take Lean beside the ones with whom you agree As well as the ones with whom you couldn’t disagree […]

The Important Work Waits Where We Lean Down to Find It

I’ve made it a tradition to write a back-to-school letter every year on the eve of the first day of classes. I had quietly been planning the letter’s contents for weeks. The theme was going to be, “We have important work to do.” I was determined to write the letter before my head hit the […]

The Simple, Difficult Act of Leaning Forward

Parkinson’s disease officially joined our family about 3 years ago. It began taking hold of my dad years before the diagnosis, but since that day when he sadly and resignedly admitted, “I have it,” it’s taken our entire family on a different journey. It’s devastating to watch a disease work to overtake his brain, drain […]

A Look Back on 2016

I was kind of a rebel with my one little word choice for 2016: I actually picked a 2-word phrase. Worth it We had to make a lot of really big decisions this year, and being a person who isn’t by nature incredibly decisive, it was important to me to have a filter to run […]

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