A line in Harriet Beecher Stowe’s 1852 novel, Uncle Tom’s Cabin reads: “The heaviest anguish often precedes a return tide of joy and courage.” This quote reminded me that when experiencing difficult or challenging times, it is easy to forget the adage that this too shall pass, and when it inevitably does pass, there willRead More…
5 Chairs, 5 Choices : A Powerful Tool for Leadership & Mentoring in Early Childhood Education (or How to respond when triggered)
When we think of leadership, we tend to think of the leaders within our communities, ranging from politicians to clergy, sporting personalities to entrepreneurs, university professors, doctors, nurses to heads of departments, heads of schools, teachers. In this blog post, we will explore the concept of effective leadership mentoring in early childhood education using theRead More…
Wisdom Is The Difference
There is a Buddhist proverb that says “In each loss, there is a gain. As in every gain, there is a loss. And in each ending, there is a new beginning”. The pandemic is teaching us many things about loss, from the loss of life and livelihoods to the loss of freedoms we previously tookRead More…
Africanize : A Journey of Identity
To my 6-year-old self from a peer in the playground: “You have eyes like a frog.” Is it because my eyes are too bulgy? Is it because they are too big? I squint my eyelids to a halfway closed position in the hope that my eyes appear smaller. “Mom, do I look like aRead More…
Hope Lives On The Horizon
In my early teens, I started writing out other people’s poems in longhand in a scrapbook. I would select images from old magazines, cut them out and paste them alongside the poems. After filling up a few scrapbooks, it wasn’t long before I was writing my own poetry. To be honest, my skill as aRead More…
