Each year, I ask the Lord to give me a word to bless the new year.  (Yeah, I'm cheezey like that.)  I was reflecting and meditating with...

(Letting go of our to-do lists and living in the moment in 2020) I’m a huge fan of plans and to-do lists.  I love seeing everything I have t...

As a speech therapist, I am sometimes tempted to focus only on improving my patients’ deficits.   After all, isn’t that what rehabilitation ...

I am sickened by the recent deaths of Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, George Floyd, and now Rayshard Brooks—and all similar unnecessary dea...

I often set expectations for myself and fail to meet them: ~I want to wake up earlier.   But I continue to go to bed late.    ~I w...

I have seen in the movies and read in books that true love is about finding joy in each other, about holding hands and giving roses and wr...

Many patients are surprised that my cognitive therapy sessions don’t involve logic puzzles or crosswords.  With me, cognitive therapy look...

Some days, I just don’t like myself.   From the outside in, I notice plenty of flaws.   I have acne, my hair is a wild mess, my posture i...

I sat with my cousin on the floor in the corner of the bookstore, poring over Elvish grammar and the rich world of Tolkien’s languages.  A...

Sometimes I do too much for too long.  Constantly taking on more and more tasks, I pretend to be a Type A overachiever who has her life toge...

“When will our lives be back to normal?” This is probably the most common question I receive from patients and their families.   I u...

Sometimes, I fail.  I don't finish my daily to-do list.  I overcook dinner.  My words fall flat, or worse, hurt someone’s feelings.  To...

Stop Striving and Start Thriving (with feeding resources for families and SLPs) It’s easy to believe that if you provide the perfect c...

Hello, and welcome to a place where words nourish even more than bread and every day we do the best we can—even when that means making mis...