Tag: <span>Room to Read</span>

A guest post by CGG community member Kate Heath “I haven’t seen you so happy in ages.” The text message arrived on my last morning in Cambodia, in February of…

I’m back to feeling a little overwhelmed. It’s different from when this pandemic and shutdown first started. Now I’m overwhelmed by ideas, innovation and inspiration. I keep losing emails. Because…

It’s storming out there.  I don’t need to recap the health and economic turmoil that COVID-19 has thrust upon us. The vulnerable are in our own family and community. They’re…

“I truly thought we’d quietly sit the in back of a few classrooms and have lunch with the kids. I had no idea our visit would be the center of…

Having celebrated all that we’re grateful for at Thanksgiving, Giving Tuesday is about taking action—inspiring each of us to give generously towards bettering our communities and our world. If you’re…

I’m frequently asked about my story, lessons learned and advice for making a transition. So in celebration of this five year anniversary, I’m sharing five learnings.

“The good life is a process, not a state of being. It is a direction, not a destination.” —Carl Rogers There was a morning in 2002 where I woke up…

“But wait…it gets better!” When that’s the first line of an email, you drop what you’re doing and read it. Especially when the email is from one of your favorite…

“Who cares? I’m dead!” I poured three circles of olive oil into the heated pan, placed the bottle back onto the kitchen counter, and looked over at my husband who…

I won the lottery of life. I was born in the U.S. I’ve never personally experienced war or genocide. I was born to two upstanding parents. I always had a…