Last fall I set foot in my first elementary school classroom in over 30 years. I became a volunteer with Pacific Symphony’s elementary school partnership program, Class Act. The symphony’s core purpose is to “enrich the human spirit through world-class symphonic music and community engagement”. They accomplish this through a[…]
February 1st: There’s no better pick-me-up than helping someone else and today I needed just that. A sympathy letter composed today to my recently widowed best friend is the most difficult thing I’ve ever had to write. Afterwards I felt as if I’d been punched in the stomach, winded by the grief of also[…]