by skimhenson | Jul 28, 2016 | listening and talking
“The most courageous act is still to think for yourself. Aloud.” Coco Chanel I’m voting for Donald Trump. There, I said it. And, believe it or not, this is not a political blog post. It’s a personal one, as well as the only one I could make sense of this week. The...
by skimhenson | Jul 16, 2016 | listening and talking
“If you ask me what I came into this life to do, I will tell you: I came to live out loud.” Emile Zola “Mammy, stop talking, okay? Look at Lalaloopsy,” said Claire, my nearly three-year-old granddaughter. She held up one hand to interrupt me, while the other...
by skimhenson | Jul 8, 2016 | fear
“What if I fail? Oh, but my darling, what if you fly?” Erin Hanson Since my ballet and clogging days, I’d wanted to dance upfront one more time. Teaching Zumba seemed a low stress way until my classes filled up. It’s not like I packed in hundreds of people, but the...