It started like every other drive to my son’s school. We had just dropped my daughter off at her bus stop, and we were laughing, listening to music, and hoping to make it to his school on [...]
When my husband and I were getting married and determining which costs it made sense to shell out for (as we were paying for our wedding ourselves), I had to use my lawyerly debate skills to [...]
Let me start by telling you a bit about myself before I had my daughter. I was your classic, Type-A overachiever who desperately wanted everyone around her to be pleased with her at all times. [...]
There is a crossing guard at a school in our neighborhood who makes such a difference in my life— just by waving at me in the mornings as I drive by. My kids don’t go to that school, and I’ve [...]
Our 16 Days of Kindness Challenge began on Monday and is making ripples far and wide. I have heard from people I know all over the country who have been inspired by it and are joining in, with [...]
Since I saw the documentary about Mr. Rogers last week, I’ve been thinking about how radical kindness can be (in both the sense of being “rad,” which is one of my favorite [...]
I can’t get Mr. Rogers off my mind. I saw the documentary about him, called “Won’t You Be My Neighbor?” this week, and I can’t stop thinking about it. It was surprisingly moving, which I half [...]
I wish I had a button like this. Actually, to be more accurate, I wish everyone wore a button like this. I recently heard something like: Everyone you see has a story that would break your [...]
I came home yesterday to a large white envelope that didn’t look like a bill. I love snail mail, so I eagerly ripped into it, but what was inside surprised me and left me momentarily speechless. [...]
This blog is called Beacon & Joy because I lived at the intersection of Beacon and Joy Streets in Boston, and I always loved the name of that place. But it’s also called Beacon & Joy [...]
