Confidence: the feeling or belief that one can rely on someone or something; firm trust; the state of feeling certain about the truth of something; a feeling of self-assurance arising from one's appreciation of one's own abilities or qualities.

I lied all the time. It was so interesting to live in a world that stretched.

I think I’m good at taking care of people partly because I want someone to take care of me.

I remember you.

The students generally have no idea how to write conclusions. If you don’t restate the introduction at the end of your essay, then what do you do?

What’s social distancing like when you’ve already been living at a distance?

This morning after feeding the chickens, I went to check on the apple trees. They’ve come into bud and flower in the last week, and the flowers are so hopeful, so open, so nothing like the apples they will have become in the fall.

My mom makes my birthday a day to celebrate.

I will need a soft place to land so often in my life and I need that to be you.

Perhaps what will save us is the sound of our own voices crying out, Thank you, thank you, thank you, and What do you most need?

Maybe all we can do is show up for each other and try to remember that light is not always something that looks clear and bright.

If you think of yourself as a tree, so much of you is the trunk, solid and full of life. When you breathe into that place, you go from earth to the heavens. You are a conduit of energy, a link to infinity, love.