I Am Thankful for Cassie
Bessie is an older African American woman whose house faces the community garden the kids are creating. She sits on her porch in a wheelchair and quietly watches the kids and adults as they work. Over the past few months as we drive up to the garden block and unload our tools to begin land [...]
I Am Thankful for Friends
I am thankful for friends. Perhaps, this sounds particularly banal. Sometimes we need to take a step back and look at the treasures that surround us. Today, I am thankful for friends, just plain old everyday friends.
Certainly, in today’s world it would be easy enough to feel alone and stressed if one would allow that. [...]
I Am Thankful for Three Generations Working Together
A really interesting thing happened over the weekend. One of the kids who is always hanging around these days showed up rather early on Saturday morning, earlier than the rest of the crew. In fact, he was so early that he was in time for breakfast. I suppose I had forgotten how much growing kids [...]
