Seen Read Heard: November 2024

My latest “listens” and reads include Kelly Corrigan’s Ted Talk, To love is to be brave, and an article from the Surgeon General on Parenting. 

Kelly Corrigan Ted Talk: To love is to be brave
Our son and daughter-in-law live in New Hampshire. I inherited from my mother the desire to somehow have a way to check the pulse on the home, job world our kids live in as adults. In the case of Christopher and Leah, that includes using the wonders of the internet to listen to their local radio station. I hear about their weather. I hear about their local politics. I hear about cultural events going on in their part of the state.  

On a Sunday morning, I first heard of the show “Kelly Corrigan Wonders.” Kelly is a very wise, very-well-read woman who often leads with being a cancer survivor as she interviews a guest for an hour. It would be fair to say that Corrigan makes “pithy” comments during those interviews. When taking the Ted Talk stage, the pithy commentary is pretty much constant.

This talk is a remarkable statement about doing love for others, especially when it’s hard to do that love. It’s 12 minutes of really insightful commentary and has my highest recommendation. 

Surgeon General on Parenting
Much of what Kelly Corrigan talks about is being a loving parent. The Surgeon General’s warning on the state of the mental and physical health of parents of pre-adult children is a good reminder of the importance of taking care of parents as they take care of kids. The cliche would be that Dr. Vivek Hallegere Murthy is saying, “Remember to put on your own oxygen mask first before helping others.” I can’t recommend the whole read, but the message is worth noting and sharing with any person with whom you are raising that FWCD child.