I have never given up chocolate, coffee or dessert for Lent. Honestly, I struggle with how to engage this season. I value it. In many ways, I look forward to it. There is something about these 40 days that resets me. It is essential for people to pull back, surrender, take a look at what matters in life and create space for self-evaluation. There is a theme I have restated throughout my years teaching high school students and speaking to parents: Self-reflection is indispensa

As a kid, I might have had separation anxiety. Maybe, maybe not. It’s hard to tell since we didn’t have any “diagnose yourself and your kids”-type websites at the click of a mouse. I wasn’t under constant scrutiny by my parent’s watchful and loving eye. They didn’t get too preoccupied with normal life difficulties. I just had a hard time being away from home. We called it “homesickness.” It didn’t need to be anything to worry too much about. I don’t have camp memories and pil