How Much Is Enough?

How much food do we really need to eat? How much food is enough? How much food is too much? I recently watched a video of what 2,000 calories looks like (mainly consisting of not so healthy foods like M&Ms and Big Macs, but there were a few healthy foods included like carrots and bananas…

Are You an Organ Donor?

Organ donation isn’t something most people think about very often unless they are in need of an organ transplant and then they think about it all the time, hoping and waiting for a match. Today, one of my friends (and my children’s school director) got a badly needed liver transplant. He was on the list…

Meeting a Supreme Court Justice – Part 3

My favorite three messages of the evening have to do with inspiration. What inspires you? What inspiration do you draw from others? From yourself? What inspiration did Justice Sotomayor have to make her want to be a lawyer? And fight for fairness? Were you the kind of kid who hid under the bed covers with…

Meeting a Supreme Court Justice – Part 2

Part 2 Today’s blog is a continuation of yesterday’s… I had the chance to meet Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor and hear her speak at the Fox Theater. These are a few of the messages I took away with me. One of the questions asked was from a Santa Clara University School of Law student,…