Loving Criticism Learned At Home

my mother’s red pen
was never the color of shame
but more like autumn’s most electrifying tree,
transforming.

how lucky i was, and am.

michelle bernadette button December 4, 2012 / 9:14 am

beautiful
Maia Duerr December 4, 2012 / 9:32 am

LOVE this. love ya, Katie!
Max Airborne December 4, 2012 / 9:39 am

How lucky we ALL are. This wisdom and compassion radiates and touches all beings. Thank you for all the ways you allow this to move through you.
IzzieJ December 4, 2012 / 10:44 pm

Powerful, beautiful and profound. Thanks!-Izzie J
kloncke December 5, 2012 / 9:34 am

thank you, friends. as i wrote elsewhere, the day i posted this, i’m feeling very grateful to my mom. thanks to the way she modeled editing, i’m so much less afraid of being wrong, so much less embarrassed to admit mistakes, and so much more open to receiving criticism as teamwork, as opportunity. maia and max, i know you have great gifts in loving criticism, too — thank you for all your examples. and michelle and IzzieJ, thanks so much for stopping by and saying hello! looking forward to getting to know you.