Community Voices (Helms): Our jobs can teach us a lot about ourselves
An eclectic array of jobs helps me reflect on some of my most influential teaching moments from my past. Matching my vocation with what brings me joy and what fills...
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Community Voices (Helms): When the Earth stands still, take control over how you spend your days
In the third episode of the TV series "Tales from the Loop," written by Nathaniel Halpern and directed by Dearbhla Walsh, a mysterious thermos is found. Intrigued, a young teenage girl...
Community Voices (Helms): A broken system and the value of a life
I recently watched the Netflix documentary, "The Trials of Gabriel Fernandez," that highlights the horrific case of an 8-year-old boy from California who was tortured over a course of months...
Community Voices (Helms): We should listen to the trees
The change of season always awakens the child in me. Memories of summer's ease when my shoes would fly off and the balls of my bare feet would mesh with...
Community Voices (Helms): Connecting negative judgments of piercings, tattoos to our colonial past
I have often been fascinated by ideologies passed down through the generations that can then be observed over time to have changed in meaning or practice. In my parents' generation,...
Community Voices (Helms): The politics of food
Every once in a while my mind gets kidnapped by a phrase that I hear someone say. My mind as a tongue lets the words just sit and savor for...
Community Voices (Helms): Look within, find meaning and set realistic expectations this holiday season
"Watch out for the pieces of broken glass," my husband says to me as I discover some of my favorite Christmas snow globes shattered on the floor. The holidays can...
Community Voices (Helms): An opinion on opinions
My adult children are the best teachers to let me know my motherly advice is not needed anymore unless asked for. I have had to shift my way of communicating...
Community Voices (Helms): Looking back at a liberating journey on the road less traveled
The choice finally came. I sat on the doctor's table hearing the physician say, "We are going to have to put you on a second blood pressure medicine to get...
Helms: Ghost Walk a must for lovers of local lore, paranormal activity
The ghosts of Carroll County stand poised and ready this October to entertain the imagination and chill the bone. Join the gathering of ghost hunters at the Westminster branch of...