When Caregiving Changes the Room

What happens when love, advocacy, and daily life ask us to adapt again to a reality we didn’t choose?

Sep 9 • María Tomas-Keegan

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July 2026

The Courage to Stay in the Mess

Learning about restraint, trust, and what nobody claps for.

Jul 31 • María Tomas-Keegan

I Heard the River Change Before I Saw It

What a flash flood at Slide Rock taught me about how fast a current can turn.

Jul 24 • María Tomas-Keegan

The Ceremony He Wasn’t Supposed to Attend: How a banned voodoo ceremony, a thumb piano, and a stranger in a Kingston airport taught David…

The Thumb Piano That Opens Doors • Chapter 8

Jul 6 • Jerry W. Washington, Ed.D.

June 2026

Still Water after the Drop

What it means to live inside what has changed — even before you know what comes next.

Jun 5 • María Tomas-Keegan

Don’t Ever Lose Your Sense of Humor: Two women, 103 years each, and the only advice that matters

The Thumb Piano That Opens Doors • Chapter 7

Jun 3 • Jerry W. Washington, Ed.D.

April 2026

Permit Number 002: How a Yellow Pages listing no one called produced the license David Thiermann never used, and the story he almost got to…

The Thumb Piano That Opens Doors • Chapter 6

Apr 22 • Jerry W. Washington, Ed.D.

The Orange Man: How a house fire, two tons of rotting fruit, and a $50 garage became the education that no university offered

The Thumb Piano That Opens Doors • Chapter 5

Apr 7 • Jerry W. Washington, Ed.D.

March 2026

What do you do with all that experience when it doesn’t seem to matter?

Why what you’ve built still has more value than you think.

Mar 27 • María Tomas-Keegan

The Improviser: What a storage container full of 5,000 lives can teach you about the one you’re living

The Thumb Piano That Opens Doors • Chapter 4

Mar 23 • Jerry W. Washington, Ed.D.

The Sound: Ry Cooder, Bob Dylan, and a Thumb Piano You Couldn't Hear

The Thumb Piano That Opens Doors • Chapter 3

Mar 2 • Jerry W. Washington, Ed.D.

February 2026

Making Room for What Matters Most

Why discernment eventually becomes stewardship.

Feb 20 • María Tomas-Keegan