“To take only what is given, to use it well, to be grateful for the gift, and to reciprocate the gift…” writes Robin Wall Kimmerer, is to live by the “precepts of the Honorable Harvest.” The Honorable Harvest, according to Kimmerer, is “an indigen...

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Acceptance comes easily, even naturally, when we receive good gifts. Imagine a child at Christmastime joyfully accepting the generous gift of a bicycle. The happiness and excitement are difficult for her to contain. She receives the bicycle with o...

I thought I was giving a gentle suggestion to change into clothes that match, but my pre-teen didn't see it that way. I tried to point out that all the other girls would be dressed up, their hair and makeup would be done, and without telling my da...