DAILY CHOICE: Wednesday, November 25, 2009

Humble vs. Boastful REFLECTION: To be heralded at a young age is a special burden. It leaves within the honored and those who surround her a constant need to justify the award, a subtle process that can reorder an individual’s priorities away from growth and exploration and toward familiar and safe terrain. Awards and […]

DAILY CHOICE: Tuesday, November 24, 2009

Creative vs. Regimented REFLECTION: Our humanity is most clearly expressed by our individual creativity. Unique ideas that spring from every spirit carry us beyond the restrictions of time and space and circumstance. They allow us to think beyond the lines of reason and along paths less traveled or never traveled before. They are a […]

Open Letter To Parents Magazine

Meredith Magee Donnelly Over the course of the 13 months of being a parent I have learned two very important lessons: 1) Parenting is the hardest, scariest job in the world. 2) Excluding the few monster moms flashed across Fox News (if it bleeds, it leads), most parents are doing their best so […]

DAILY CHOICE: Monday, November 23, 2009

Honest vs. Dishonest REFLECTION: To say what you mean and mean what you say is to be honest. The truth is tough at times to tell. It can hurt. It does hurt when told in the wrong words or at the wrong time or in the wrong place. Yet in […]

DAILY CHOICE: Sunday, November 22, 2009

Solitude vs. Lonliness REFLECTION: It is not always lonely to be alone. Quite the opposite. Solitude can be glorious. True loneliness is a product of isolation and rejection, feeling unwanted and unloved, personally impoverished. Solitude is a choice. Loneliness is not. Solitude has its companions, a full range of active senses, heightened awareness and […]

DAILY CHOICE: Saturday, November 21, 2009

Change vs. Stasis REFLECTION: Progress requires change. A civil society attempts to accommodate this need through openness, transparency and inclusion. As there is change in society, so are there changes in individuals and relationships as well. Change can generate fear and anxiety, but also can ignite our inborn desire to explore, to flow and grow […]

Infant Tylenol: Do you know what’s in this stuff?

Meredith Magee Donnelly It’s tricky being a first-time mom. Amongst solicited (and unsolicited) advice you have to figure out what you believe in and what is best for your kid. So when my pediatrician recommended Infant Tylenol as a cure-all for pain we gave it to Quinn without thinking twice. Slowly I started getting a […]

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