Flags

By Renee Shay, Harvesting Thought -explore– There are three days in my life that I felt a deep and gut-wrenching visceral connection to flags. To remind myself of two of those events so that I could write about them in one of my next blogs, I texted the word “flags” to myself just this pastContinue reading “Flags”

Need to Be Liked

By Renee Shay, Harvesting Thought –explore– The need to be liked, to belong, to connect, did not start with the World Wide Web, Facebook, YouTube, WhatsApp, or Messenger. These social networks were born out of our desire to connect with each other. It was quite genius of their creators to figure that out and capitalizeContinue reading “Need to Be Liked”

Fitting In

By Renee Shay, Harvesting Thought –explore– As far back as I can remember, fitting in posed challenges for me. Whether it was trying to get to know new neighbors when realizing the other neighbors had a head start or beginning new relationships on my first day of school, sizing up the room to decide whoContinue reading “Fitting In”