Mar 16, 2022 | Culture, Peacemaker
One evening in 2017, a Polish woman named Anna came to dinner at our house. A few days after, upon her return to Poland, she was able to do research and give my husband, Mario, insights into his family’s history that seem eerily connected to the news today. Mario is...
Feb 23, 2022 | Peacemaker, Peacemaker's Book Club, Uncategorized
“Be yourself so that people that are looking for you can find you.” – Arlan Hamilton I chose It’s About Damn Time for the Peacemaker’s Book Club because when I read it this summer I was taken by Arlan’s humble confidence. Through her stories, she...
Feb 16, 2022 | Peacemaker
I often tell the story that I didn’t realize that I was a minority until I won an award for it in high school. My father was a white American and my mother is a Filipina. I was born and raised in a small city in Indiana where my local family, friends, neighbors,...
Feb 9, 2022 | Culture, Peacemaker
A step beyond knowing ourselves is acting on and living in that knowing. How often do we hide or ignore our true selves so that we can get along? We mistakenly think that building relationships is easier if we act as we are expected to and do what the world tells us...
Jan 26, 2022 | Peacemaker, Peacemaker's Book Club
I chose Last Stop on Market Street* to kick off the Peacemaker’s Book Club because as a mother I have learned (or re-learned) that children’s books can be as meaningful and insightful for adults as they are for children. Reading with my kids at bedtime is something I...
