RE-DEFINING SUCCESS: Woos and Woes

Sheelagh Cabalda is a partner, mama and educator, who has worked extensively in youth development, cultural studies, multicultural counseling, cancer support, higher education, events administration and non-profit management. Redefining success is a combination of positive & changing self-concept, inner directedness and a balance of priorities. It is personal empowerment -- taking charge over what we can control & accepting what we cannot. Every day is an attempt to do just that.

12.7.08

The Embrace by Kathleen McElroy

(Cousin Kathleen and her son, Malachi, came up to support for a week in July. Pictured right: Malachi hanging with Lelong Amante at Bayonne Park)

Embrace

Blood vessels in his fingertips willed into magnets

Gravitate toward this child

His arms capture

A warm and soft nest of air

Fragile lap and chest

Dangle from the strongest arms in the world

Embrace