by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jul 14, 2008 | Uncategorized
After over a year, I am finally done with the master’s program in counseling and psychology. It seems strange today to have nothing pending…..no necessary reading, no paper to write, nothing to study. But it’s a good strange. Now, if I can just feel...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | May 26, 2008 | Uncategorized
When my husband scheduled a trip to visit our grandchildren, who happen to live in Indianapolis, the weekend of the Indy 50o, it was obvious what his intended goal was. As a happy serendipity, however, he arrived in time to accompany our six year old grandson (and 30...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | May 18, 2008 | Uncategorized
This past week ended the spring term of graduate school. I have one remaining course in the final term and the comprehensive exam to take. I feel somewhat like the little train that could….. I think I can, I think I can, I think I can….finish, that is....
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Dec 14, 2007 | Uncategorized
From the song Kodachrome by Paul Simon, 1988KodachromeThey give us those nice bright colorsThey give us the greens of summersMakes you think all the world’s a sunny day,Oh yeah, I got a Nikon cameraI love to take a photographSo mama don’t take my...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Oct 1, 2007 | Uncategorized
I realize that it’s been six weeks since I posted. Graduate school has proven to be more time consuming than I had expected and I have been seriously reconsidering whether the time and effort to blog were worthwhile. A Christianity Today online magazine article...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jul 7, 2007 | Uncategorized
As part of a graduate school course in counseling multicultural populations, I have been reading from an anthology of essays on various aspects of diversity. There is an essay by Holly Sklar, a Knight-Ridder op-ed columnist, entitled “Imagine a Country”...