All too often when we talk about our education system you hear the negative. Now, do we have work to do to improve how we educate our children, YES! But that is always ongoing work we must evaluate and improve. Today will not be the day I will discuss that. Today I want to saluteContinue reading “Dignity: Teachers the Cultivators of Dignity”
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Dignity: Portrait of a Graduate and Leader
It is difficult today to get my thoughts together because it is an emotional day, but I am going to do my best. On June 1, 2025, my son Anthony will be graduating from high school and moving on to the next journey in his life. As a father you hope that your children willContinue reading “Dignity: Portrait of a Graduate and Leader”
Dignity: This is Me
“When the sharpest words wanna cut me down I’m gonna send a flood, gonna drown them out This is brave, this is bruised This is who I’m meant to be, this is me Look out cause here I come And I’m marching on to the beat I drum I’m not scared to be seen I make no apologies, this isContinue reading “Dignity: This is Me “
Dignity: Mother Privilege
Sunday May 11, 2025, is the day we will celebrate motherhood. Whether your mother is still here or has passed this is still a day to remember the person who helped give you life. I titled this post Mother Privilege because that is what my brothers and I had and that is what my twoContinue reading “Dignity: Mother Privilege “
Dignity: Happy Birthday to Me
Today is my birthday. Over the last 20 years I have used my birthday as a time to evaluate my goals and the direction of my life. It is interesting how as we get older our goals and visions change. When I was in my twenties, I had goals that focused on my own success.Continue reading “Dignity: Happy Birthday to Me “
Dignity: Rise Above your Biases
When I think about all the different roles and experiences that I have had as a nurse I do not regret taking on any one of them. Each moment and each job brought important life lessons for me. These lessons have allowed me to learn and grow as a person. Each experience has helped breakdownContinue reading “Dignity: Rise Above your Biases “
Dignity: Uniting in Our Differences
“Do not heal in isolation. Connecting with others is how we develop compassion for others and for ourselves.” Bishop Desmond Tutu I have learned some valuable lessons in the 60 plus years I have been on this Earth and no lesson has been more valuable than honoring dignity. It seems like an easy thing toContinue reading “Dignity: Uniting in Our Differences “
Dignity: The Rainbow in Someone’s Cloud
I had spent much of my growing up and adulthood looking for acceptance. I wanted to feel like I belonged, and I wanted to be acknowledged, and included. In that journey I learned that it all starts with me and how I see myself. As I continue my personal dignity journey and as I learnedContinue reading “Dignity: The Rainbow in Someone’s Cloud “
Dignity: Coach Anthony’s Dad
I am in my second year of volunteer coaching for the Wahconah Regional High School Unified Track team. We are 50+ strong this year and we are the current reining Western Mass Champions and the State runner-up for division 1. What makes this experience exceptional for me is not the winning but what unified sportsContinue reading “Dignity: Coach Anthony’s Dad “
Dignity: What Story will You Tell?
How do I want to be remembered. It is something I think about more and more as I journey into my sixties. It has been an amazing ride so far over the last six decades. I have had wins and losses and everything in between. I have made good choices as well as many IContinue reading “Dignity: What Story will You Tell? “
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