Our country is buzzing right now about the actions of one football player, Colin Kaepernick, who took a brave but perhaps imprudent stand last Friday.  In case you missed it, the San Francisco 49ers quarterback sat down during the playing of the national anthem before a preseason football game to protest what he perceives as…

I think it was Plato that said an unexamined life isn’t worth living.  Or maybe it was Socrates.  And maybe he said that life without philosophy isn’t worth living.  In any case, some famous philosopher once said that we need to examine our lives, and in doing so, we will find meaning. I have no…

My firstborn son started kindergarten yesterday.  I’ve spent his entire life trying to help him be healthy, happy and safe.  Six years of doting, worrying, learning and growing all led us to the moment The Professor opened the car door, donned a giant backpack and teetered off to his classroom with a “Love you, too,…

In a world where we never attain perfection, can we ever truly accept that we are good enough? Last night, I watched with admiration and even awe as five young American ladies tumbled and flipped their way into the history books.  The “Final Five,” as they dubbed themselves, won gold in the women’s team event,…