Lonely moments…musings from my own silo
In a time when it seems every day brings yet another story of just how how much work we still need to do on race relations, even I have a moment when I just need to step back. While this space has...
View ArticleWhen life gets real or off to tend to my dad
Long time readers of this space know that I lost my mom a number of years ago. I am down to one parent who stands between me becoming the family elder… a role that I am not ready for at this time. A...
View ArticleA Dad’s Humanity…Fighting For Health and Humanity Part 1
Writing is how I process and make sense of the world. So even though I have just returned from the longest week of my life and, as many have suggested, I should rest…well, the fact is that rest is...
View ArticleWhen Racial Healthcare Disparities Become Personal: Part Two
“ Inspired by the healing ministry of Jesus Christ, we, Presence Health, a Catholic health system, provide compassionate, holistic care with a spirit of healing and hope in the communities we serve.” –...
View ArticleSeasons of discomfort and cycles of life
When my mother was diagnosed with lung cancer when I was 30, few of my peers in my inner circle at that time had experienced having a critically ill parent. When she died six weeks after my 31st...
View ArticleOn midlife and vulnerability in a brave new world
“A road less traveled and a life less led. The path between the spirit and the voice in your head.” Brown Bird Midlife crisis. The very words evoke images of a man with thinning hair and maybe even a...
View ArticleThe realities of change or a BGIM does a brain dump
I should probably be adding my two cents to the chorus of others chiming in about the armed yahoos in Burns, Oregon, who are currently occupying federal buildings at the Malheur National Wildlife...
View ArticleOn words and celebrations, reflections from the past week
Some weeks just gut you and leave you raw and exposed to the elements. This has been that type of week for me. I have been laid up battling ick since last Friday; so much ick that I actually refrained...
View ArticleSettling In: A peek into midlife change and new beginnings
My day job is heading up an anti-racism organization, I write about race and I exist in a body that is called Black. Racism isn’t an intellectual activity for me; it is a lived reality that lurks on...
View ArticleMusings on change and more change ahead…A personal post
I can never recall who said it, nor exactly how it was said, but to paraphrase: The older I grow, the one constant in my life does seem to be change. As I get ready for some major life shifts in my...
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