In 2010, Stephanie Thompson Harris lost her daughter, Imani, to a rare disease. Children are not supposed to die before their parents do, and when that happens it upends the natural order. Stephanie was left with many challenges. Stephanie Thompson Harris First, working through overwhelming grief that followed her daughter’
“The secret of a happy marriage is finding the right person. You know they’re right if you love to be with them all the time.” That quote is from Julia Child who was married to the American diplomat Paul Cushing Child for 48 years. Finding the right person to marry,
We’re hearing a lot about immigrants these days and Jeff Jaffe is certainly someone who came to the U.S. in search of a better life. Jeff grew up in South Africa during the apartheid era and was no stranger to the social injustice happening all around him. At that time,
Steve Pemberton’s book, A Chance in the World, is heartbreaking yet uplifting, tragic yet triumphant, discouraging yet inspiring. The subtitle tells it all: An Orphan Boy, a Mysterious Past, and How He Found a Place Called Home. He was born Steve Klakowicz in New Bedford, Massachusetts. At age five, he
How do you listen to podcasts? If you want to listen on your smartphone or on your computer, now you can tune into WAT-CAST. We are now available not only on apps from iTunes, but also on SoundCloud. That means if you’d like listen on your desktop, laptop, or tablet,
“Breakin’ up is hard to do.” So goes the old Neil Sedaka hit song. We’ve all been there, being on the giving or receiving end of a relationship. And we know that experience can be painful and oftentimes difficult to get past. That rejection, that abandonment, may tap into our
Have you ever thought about writing poetry but have no idea how to get started? Or maybe you have a journal somewhere where you are indeed writing poems, but wonder if you could ever get them published. Esther Cohen is a writer, teacher, and activist. Besides her novel, Book Doctor,
Sometimes the road not taken can lead to something even better. That was the experience of Krista Rizzo. She wanted to be a talk show host and so entered a contest. She lost, but what she gained was a voice. She began to write a blog to showcase the real
In 2010, Stephanie Thompson Harris lost her daughter, Imani, to a rare disease. Children are not supposed to die before their parents do, and when that happens it upends the natural order. Stephanie was left with many challenges. Stephanie Thompson Harris First, working through overwhelming grief that followed her daughter’ s death. She also had to go back to work, trying to figure out her career path forward. And she wanted to find a way
“The secret of a happy marriage is finding the right person. You know they’re right if you love to be with them all the time.” That quote is from Julia Child who was married to the American diplomat Paul Cushing Child for 48 years. Finding the right person to marry, let alone staying married to that person for a long time, has become, for many, a challenge. And despite all those dating sites and apps,
We’re hearing a lot about immigrants these days and Jeff Jaffe is certainly someone who came to the U.S. in search of a better life. Jeff grew up in South Africa during the apartheid era and was no stranger to the social injustice happening all around him. At that time, all male high school graduates were enlisted into the military to fight against the “communist threat.” At age 20, he left South Africa after his
Steve Pemberton’s book, A Chance in the World, is heartbreaking yet uplifting, tragic yet triumphant, discouraging yet inspiring. The subtitle tells it all: An Orphan Boy, a Mysterious Past, and How He Found a Place Called Home. He was born Steve Klakowicz in New Bedford, Massachusetts. At age five, he was placed in a a foster home that can only be described as evil. Through the kindness of one woman, he discovered his love for
How do you listen to podcasts? If you want to listen on your smartphone or on your computer, now you can tune into WAT-CAST. We are now available not only on apps from iTunes, but also on SoundCloud. That means if you’d like listen on your desktop, laptop, or tablet, you can do so by going to SoundCloud. We want to make it as easy as possible for you to catch up, so click here
“Breakin’ up is hard to do.” So goes the old Neil Sedaka hit song. We’ve all been there, being on the giving or receiving end of a relationship. And we know that experience can be painful and oftentimes difficult to get past. That rejection, that abandonment, may tap into our deep insecurities. We may question our self worth, our ability to love and be loved, and our future relationships may suffer. Dr. Carolina Castaños has
Have you ever thought about writing poetry but have no idea how to get started? Or maybe you have a journal somewhere where you are indeed writing poems, but wonder if you could ever get them published. Esther Cohen is a writer, teacher, and activist. Besides her novel, Book Doctor, and her nonfiction books, she’s published two books of poetry. Her poems have appeared in literary journals like Alimentum and First Word, in the New
Sometimes the road not taken can lead to something even better. That was the experience of Krista Rizzo. She wanted to be a talk show host and so entered a contest. She lost, but what she gained was a voice. She began to write a blog to showcase the real life stories of real people. Soon she realized she had found her passion – helping others map out their own journeys professionally and personally. She
