Recently in Me Category

Met a lovely woman who reminded me of me.

She was professional, smart, elegant, articulate, motivated, full of great ideas, eloquent, fasionable, shall I go on?

But the me I recognized in her was the part that can be forceful, confident bordering on cockiness, in-your-face, demanding, and has high expectations of others. She was an open, vulnerable, take-control kind-of-gal, and I knew exactly what she meant when she said she was truly puzzled on why she turns people off.

I couldn't help see me! So I asked her, "Are you a Scorpio?"

You know what she said?

The reason I haven't been writing for the last two months is because I've been on a sailing sabbatical through the Bahamas.

Yes, it was a awesome as it sounds.

Take a look. Wouldn't you agree?

Just before my ski trip to Utah last month, I got the following email:

Dear Martha Mendoza,

If you're interested and you'd like to hear more, please call me�

Sorry to bore you, but this is medical information I want to keep in my periphery. Better yet, I'm keeping them in my blog. That way I can search for them; relying on technology as a memory support system. I feel better already.

Info on:
- stress tests
- EBCT heart scan
- c-reactive protein blood test (CRP)
- benchmark cholesterol numbers

Actual article.

I have a great friend with whom I went to high school and he and his wife adopted a precious little girl, Rosalind, two years ago. She's growing and becoming a person right before their very eyes. What joy! Someone to love forever. I am so happy for them I could cry.

So here's a poem dedicated to Rozzy, or more precisely, to the woman out of whose womb came Rozzy.

Hail Mother
Full of grace,
We wish peace is with thee.
Blessed art thou amongst women
And blessed is the fruit of thy choice, baby
Holy Stranger
Mother of Rozzy
Pray for us parents
Now and at the hour of our death

In these blogs I will talk a lot about empathy. What it is. How to use it. When to use it. Etc. In this particular blog, I�ll talk about how I got interested in empathy in the first place.

I'm excited that blogging has the potential to open up a whole new learning universe. And because we are learning creatures, this should resonate and spread rapidly. Research has shown that learning that really sticks is social, emotional, experiential, individual, fun, just to name a few. The blogosphere can accommodate these learning criteria. However, I begin to blog with apprehension....where to begin!? Sometimes when I'm stuck trying to articulate something, I try a haiku. Well, not a traditional one, but it's a great exercise to see if I can whittle down to a fundamental thought. Here goes:
To blog or not to blog?
That's the answer. You see,
we learn together.
P.S. I'm not the only one having fun with haikus....check out this movie review site where all reviews are in haikus (fun!).

Here's my haiku regarding communication:

That's How Magical One Conversation Can Be
How magical can
one conversation be? Talk.
Listen. Learn. Repeat.