People define courage in many ways. Abraham Lincoln called it “going forward in the face of fear.” Franklin Roosevelt described it as “the assessment that something else is more important than fear.” At night, when my kids were young and afraid of sleeping alone, I would tell them courage was simply “fear that has said […]
My friend Laura lost her 17-year-old son in a car accident 14 years ago. At the funeral, as she greeted people, I noticed she looked exhausted, so I asked if she needed me to step in. Her response has stayed with me. She replied, “Thank you, Tamara, but this is good for me. With each hug, […]