By the time I came along my grandparents had already passed from this life, but I was graced with numerous “adopted” grandparents along my path to adulthood. The one I learned the most from was my best friend Kim’s grandmother, Grandma Turner. Grandma Turner lived across the water in the town of Suquamish in a tiny house on the beach. Because we were rebellious teenagers, our parents were only too happy to drive us down to the ferry terminal in Seattle and send us off for the weekend. I...

We were recently contacted by Kellie Amanda Edwards from Australia, founder of mindfulness4mothers.com Kellie has started a relay that we think is creative meaningful and fun.  We asked her to put together a blog explaining the idea and here goes!  Thank you Kellie!! —— I know you have heard of Mothers Day, but have you heard of a Gratitude Letter? Better yet, have you ever given one? It is an unexpectedly uplifting experience. I gave one to an ex boss of mine and she kept it for...

Dear Compassion Gamers, The Games have begun and now it is time to put our compassion and love to use in order to build a stronger, more connected, more compassionate world. To record your random acts of kindness, your Secret Agents of Compassion acts, or your service projects, you will need to submit reports about them on the Compassion Map. During the Games we will be highlighting and writing about all sorts of contributions, large and small, but for those who are counting, it is important...

Interning for the Compassion Games, I have elected to spend much time seeking out stories of love, hope and compassion to put on the Compassion Map. The process has been illuminating. One thing I’ve learned while searching for stories of compassion is that there is, as the truism goes, a great bias towards negative news in the media, especially in foreign coverage. You really have to dig to find anything positive. The effect of this, naturally, is separating and divisive, both...