For the last who knows how many years, I have been just struggling to live with purpose and intent. As I navigated, from afar, my brother’s illness and forded through other personal challenges, I just let my life and its passions fall by the wayside.

Today, I started my summer garden. I am not good about growing plants from seeds. But this is my 2026 journey of growth. And it’s going to start with seeds.

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First day of planting

In this blog post, I write about planting the first round of seeds for this year’s garden. Today was all about native species. Today is also a day in which I set limits on myself so that I treat myself with kindness instead of constantly pushing myself to work harder and exceed any and all expectations.

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“What Else?”

In this blog post, I respond to the question “What Else?” But not as a list of complaints. But almost as a Walt Whitman declaration of self and of living.

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“Desk Sitting”

Three days from the end of school and my students are sitting at their desks and finishing their exams. Meanwhile, I’m sitting at my teacher-desk and dreaming about summer. But I realized how much of life is not about sitting at a desk but running away from it.