by SB Rawz | Jan 10, 2022 | Bigger Badder Life
I did something over the weekend that feels pretty radical to me. I pulled 31 books off my shelves. It started with three business-related books, one that I had read, two that I had been carrying with me from home to home, imagining I would someday read them. I plumb... by SB Rawz | Dec 13, 2021 | Bigger Badder Life
Socks are a common holiday gift in our family. In fact, Theresa’s daughter teased us after she asked each of us for gift ideas for the other and we both, with complete sincerity, suggested socks first and foremost. I really hope she gets us socks. Socks, after all,... by SB Rawz | Dec 6, 2021 | Our Web of Interconnection
My older siblings and I have a favorite memory of our paternal grandmother. Toward the end of her life, we all lived two hours from our grandmother’s mountaintop home. In our individual turns, we’d drive up and right at about an hour after arriving, our grandmother... by SB Rawz | Nov 22, 2021 | Our Web of Interconnection
Earlier this month, my nephew turned 22. I sent him a voice recording of me starting to sing Yellow Submarine, catching myself, then singing the five-second micro-Happy Birthday Song. A few hours later, he sent me a text saying he had been at work when he got my... by SB Rawz | Nov 8, 2021 | The Deep Dive
The curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am, then I can change. – Carl Rogers While there was most certainly a time in my life before I felt body-consciousness – abundant stories and even a few photos testify to my joyful aversion to clothes...