The new shape of family.
One segment of my recent podcast with Sam McIntyre really stayed with me. The new shape of family, and the shape of self. First, Sam and I talked about how families today are built differently. The Shape of Family How many of our families actually look like the Apple...
Taxi Chat #17: If we could go back in time…
What would we change about The Spare Room? There's always something, right? For me, I realized that we hadn't really stopped to explain to Laini that welcoming strangers into our spare room wasn't something every family did. Because we sort of fell into our social...
Plant smiles for yourself.
Someone recently asked me how I stay so upbeat. I think it comes down to knowing myself. Knowing what gives us joy and the context in which we thrive, allows us to seek and create those conditions. Learn to plant smiles for yourself. My daughter gives me great joy, so...
Taxi Chat #16: What was it like, giving up Teo?
Me: Devastating. Maturing. Debilitating. Strengthening. And if I'm totally honest (and if I'm not completely honest on my own personal blog, who am I, really?) ...I was a little relieved. Because a lifetime of wheelchairs and medical appointments can be a bit...
Meet Quentin.
His story is called "The Dance" in Chapter Three of The Spare Room. A Marine Corps veteran who served in Iraq, Afghanistan for so long that he became a permanent resident, Quentin left the military to establish a nonprofit organization that uses dance and...
Taxi chat #15: Family of family
In this #taxichat, I ask Laini how it feels to continually expand our family. Each time we open our Spare Room to someone who needs a safe place to stay, we gain a new family member. She gains a new sibling (or in Jaesin's case, an uncle). But it doesn't stop there!...
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