29 gifts

29 Gifts – Again

Some of you may recall that last year I read and then participated in the 29 Gifts project. For those of you that don’t know what this is, here’s the story in a nut shell: A woman named Cami Walker was diagnosed with MS shortly after her marriage. She was feeling pretty miserable – physically…

A Day of Freebies

“You don’t happen to have any more change, do you?” I asked the guy filling his parking meter behind mine. I had decided to lighten my load of change into a tip jar at a local coffee shop earlier, which didn’t bode well for my current situation: parking at a meter in DC to meet…

29 Gifts – Day 8

One of my students had an issue with his homework. The issue? He never did it. It was eventually decided that a call home was needed. Oh how I dreaded that. But thankfully, his father was very appreciative. “He’s always been an A student, so we never had to check on his homework,” he explained. …

29 Gifts – Day 2

I woke up happy today. This hasn’t happened in quite a while – usually I want to go back into my dreams. But today I woke up happy. Or maybe I didn’t wake up happy, but became so when – in my groggy state – I glanced at my phone on my nightstand to see…

I started a new book the other day that I can’t put down: 29 gifts by Cami Walker. She is suffering from MS when a spiritual teacher tells her to give 29 gifts in 29 days. It’s amazing what happens from the moment she starts. She’s gone on to create a world-wide movement at http://www.29gifts.org…