Dear Mom, It’s Mother’s Day! In celebration, today I am sharing my Top 10 Memories with Mom (in no particular order): Getting Baskin-Robbins ice cream before walking home from shopping. Taking a taxi every day to and from daycare. Trying not to mess up the VCR while it was recording daytime soaps. Sunday morning pancakes … Continue reading To My Mom On Mother’s Day
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Poem: Polarity
Why do you hate? You envy others And despise your own reflection. You spit on me But I am your mirror. Don't you know who you are? Who WE are?...
CZD Feature Student of the Month: Dredon Lackey
In life, God blesses each of us with wonderful gifts… things we do exceptionally well with less effort than most. Since we are not born with an instruction manual that tells us what those are, we can spend a significant stretch of our journeys searching for what we do best. In fact, many of us don’t discover our gifts until the mid to late portion of our lives, and those who do know their gifts often don’t develop or pursue them. As a result, many people go to their graves without ever knowing what they were capable of doing. However, there are a select few individuals who have a finger on the pulse of what they are meant to do well before the rest of us. By the age of nine, Dredon Lackey had already...
Cra-Z-Dreams Student of the Month: Tuari Claiborne
Cra-Z Dreamer of the Month: Tuari Claiborne As someone in the business of helping others identify their purpose and gifts, plan their goals, and achieve their dreams, it is always encouraging to meet someone young who already has a plan and a purpose. In speaking with Tuari Claiborne, it is evident he has a clear … Continue reading Cra-Z-Dreams Student of the Month: Tuari Claiborne
Broken Rulers: Determining Identity and Value by Comparison
The Real “Mr. Big Stuff” How we define things and people in life can often be so relative. One Saturday I took my wife and kids out to dinner. We had placed our orders and were waiting quite impatiently for our food to arrive. We had not eaten since breakfast, so everyone was more than ready to chow down. When you’re hungry, waiting on your food at a restaurant seems to take forever. We found ourselves...