It’s my birthday and I wish to share a STACK of gratitude.
S – Shout outs…
…to my family for supporting me and inspiring me with their tenacity and energy and loving me unconditionally.
…to my sisterhood for keeping me sane and laughing!
…to the HTI family for the ultimate collaboration. Competition is not required for us to all be great.
…to educators and youth development professionals. You are essential and you are persevering through more changes than a newborn baby has to endure. I’m so grateful for you.
T – Thank you…
…FB family for putting up with me writing longer and longer pieces in a medium not meant for so many words. I trusted you most to take a chance to start sharing my thoughts and I’m about to move it to a blog.
…HTI Client partners for believing in our services enough to pay for them and maintain the partnerships over many years.
…L4J Listeners for checking out a learning/unlearning facilitated experience that even I didn’t know what it could be. Because of your affirmations & transformations, we are building.
Apologies…
…to all ya’ll who came to my parties in the late early 90’s. Getting everybody in a circle to introduce ourselves was meant to be fun, not a downer. Now I have ways to keep one person from going on and on and 20 minutes later we still in the circle…🤣🤣🤣🤣
…to ya’ll who wish I’d stop posting these long essays on social media. (see above)
…to my children for asking you to share me with the others (looks like that worked out for you, I must say 😉) Seriously, I genuinely apologize for any lost quality time.
Curiosities…
…What do you imagine Utopia to look and feel like? How can we move in that direction?
…How long will it take to de-normalize the concept of race and embrace our cultural selves?
Key takeaways…
…Managing a team requires a balance of collaboration and firmness. And a way to hold each other accountable.
…Embrace adjusting and affirming feedback. That makes us better human beings.
…When you stop scheduling every minute of your day, amazing things happen. With space, you can truly breathe.
Thank you, FB Community. I love you more than you may ever know.