Healing isn't about staying positive. Amy Conn reflects on holding exhaustion and hope at once, and finding courage in simply continuing.

Soul tired is different. Amy Conn reflects on compassion fatigue, remaining human in hard times, and why choosing hope is its own quiet courage.

Life feels full, compressed, and a little overwhelming. But what if the chaos isn't chaos at all? A reflection on alignment, bucket lists, and rising.

This story marks the third entry of a series I’m calling, “On Becoming a Teacher.” There is so much discussion about teachers these days. Instagram and Facebook have cleverly depicted video shorts of what teachers are facing in and out of the classroom.

Here are a few of my favorites: (remember, I’m a special ed teacher and a physical education teacher for a middle school).

Since ancient times, gathering the harvest has been vitally important. Harvesting events in the agricultural season is where whole communities would turn out to bring the harvest home. A harvest supper was held once the last of the harvest was brought back to the farm. For us, we appreciate the gathering of folks to break bread, share some soup and gather around a fire.