Why…?

why

It’s the question on everyone’s mind today as we grapple with the Connecticut school shootings. Why innocent kids? This follows on the heels of the first. When the mind is confronted with a tragedy of this magnitude, there are more questions than answers. And yet “Why?” seldom brings closure. It rarely helps us tie up all…

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How to avoid the “Why Me” trap

avoid the why me trap

Most of us pound on the door of “Why?” or “Why Me?” when a loved one exits the earthly plane. I’ve been there, done that. I was that record needle stuck in the groove of “Why?” when my mother passed away three years go. “Why me?” “Why Amma?” “Why eight months after we moved to this new country?”…

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