On the 3rd Day of Christmas

December 27, 2018.Reading time 3 minutes.

Merry Christmas, everyone! I hope you’re enjoying the 3rd day of Christmas, although I’m sorry to say I have no French hens to offer you. What I do have to offer are photos from my recent birthday celebration. In case you missed it, I turned 30 on December 12. I wrote a piece called “Reflections On Your […]

Reflections on Your 30th Birthday

December 13, 2018.Reading time 25 minutes.

One Today you turn 30. Happy Birthday! Two. Today is really no different than another other birthday, except that it is divisible by 10. And that feels a certain kind of way. You aren’t just thirty. You are three decades old. You are three, times ten, times one years old. You are thirty babies learning […]

Giving Tuesday, the Valentine’s Day of Philanthropy

November 27, 2018.Reading time 12 minutes.

Today is #GivingTuesday! I’ve looked forward to this day each November for the last few years—and it isn’t just because my day job is in fundraising. Although, it would be fair to say that my position has allowed me to see what an impact a single day of giving can mean to an organization or […]

Michelle Junot