This article was first published in The Huffington Post on April 30, 2014. According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), half of America suffers from at least one chronic illness;…
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I have a beautiful daughter, Caroline. But is it even OK to call her beautiful? Maybe I should mention her empathy, her love of animals, or intelligence first. Mama said,…
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The seasonal transition from summer to fall is a time of harvest, in which food is bountiful and resources are plentiful. Yet, even in this period of productivity and celebration,…
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While we continue to enjoy the warm month of August, its arrival, for many, also signals that the blissful summer season is coming to a close. For the Cherokee nation,…
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With this month’s full moon now upon us, we are faced with a surprising, and for many, disappointing realization. Referred to as the “Moon of the Middle Summer,” by the…
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Greek philosopher, Heraclitus, once declared that “a hidden connection is stronger than an obvious one.” And, certainly, without the motivation to look beyond what’s right in front of us and…
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Hunter, harlequin, chartreuse and lime…the color green comes in an abundance of tones. What I’ve always found curious though, is that while these terms are often used to describe shades…
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Spring is in full swing. And, among the flowers, we acknowledge a particularly important one to us all, our Mothers; and along with her, all the other women in our…
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It’s been just over a week since a surreal sequence of events drove the fate of an entire city to rest in the hands of two young men. For those…
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Like clockwork, as the morning sun begins to stake its claim on the early April skies, we become flooded with a welcome sense of comfort that’s synonymous with the true…
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