vulnerability

A friend recently pointed me to Brene Brown's TED talk on vulnerability and its relationship to human connection. It's worth your time. What she says about transparency and courage is worth your time..."to tell the story of who you are with your whole heart". Even when it's messy--especially when it's messy. It reminds me of what some of my students said last year about brokenness and living a beautiful life. If you struggle with perfection and control or if you panic thinking about being vulnerable (as I do), maybe you will relate to her message.

what we did.

...this past week when it was windchill -30...

we stayed inside and baked, watched Lost (and old Disney movies), knit, read, and I managed to get started on the mounds of grading already piling up this semester.

knit these fingerless gloves (easy pattern) during a Lost marathon...

some of the reading...my college roomate's debut novel An Uncommon Crusade (review post coming soon!), Gladwell's Blink,The Sabbath World, Judith Shulevitz's interesting meditation on time.