Posted on Wednesday, March 18, 2015

The Most Important Lesson Regret Has Taught Me

I was a senior in college as I sat in the conference room with five psychology professors.

I was there to receive a special thank you for providing music at a conference the department had just hosted.

I was handed a half-dozen roses and the different professors thanked me, told me how much my piano playing had added to the event, and complimented my abilities as a psychology student.

I remember as I held the roses and the professors spoke, I wanted to shrink into my seat. I felt so self-conscious!

Posted on Wednesday, April 23, 2014

Save Me a Seat in Heaven

Abnormal Psychology. Personality Psychology. Cognitive Psychology. Social Psychology. What do those have in common?

Well, I guess you could surmise that I am suggesting I have an abnormal personality and I think I need to be more social? That’s a stretch! Actually, what those have in common is Dr. Lewter.

Posted on Tuesday, January 28, 2014

You’re the Sister I Never Had

Assad and Amaan are now my honorary brothers. One is from Ethiopia and the other from Somalia, and they both work in the Dallas airport. They’ve been in the US for about 5 years and they are both cheerful, hardworking men. I call them my new brothers because they called me “my sister!”

“Step up here, my sister,” Assad said as he helped me into the cart to transport me to my gate. Then, when he transferred me to Amaan for the second leg of my hurry-flurry through the airport, Amaan said, “hello, my sister. I will get you to your gate. You not worry.”

I loved the way they treated me; it felt like family. They helped me like they would help their own mother. They were protective and as kind to me as they would be to their own sisters.

Why don’t we talk like that to each other? Why don’t we act like that to each other?