Some of you may have seen the movie with the same name which attempted to put Jeannette’s life on the big screen. Quite some time ago I read the memoir of Jeannette Walls entitled The Glass Castle. As a matter of fact, had I pursued a doctorate in School Psychology in my younger years, my dissertation would have somehow been related to the topic of resiliency. I’ve always found those differences intriguing and compelling. I’ve worked with siblings where one of them approached life with an attitude that said ‘because I endured a life of neglect and abuse, society owes me something’, while the other sibling had a positive, upbeat, can-do attitude of life. It’s mind boggling!Īs a school psychologist I have always been interested in resiliency. Far from it! As those of you who are also retired know, it is amazing to think that we had time to work and do all of the things that we do now. It’s not as though I am lying around eating bonbons while I read a book a day. Now that I am semi-retired and have made the time to read the volumes of books that friends and colleagues have recommended through the years, I have read more books than I could ever have dreamed of reading. ***Post written by Carol Kramer, Northeast Representative for WSPA***
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