Life after mom goes to the assisted living facility I was eleven years old when I saw Maya Angelou speak. She came to Millersville University on a February evening in the early 1980s and filled the auditorium to capacity. I was 11 and I did not want to be there but my mother knew it was important, and she took me. Maya was amazing in the way that people are amazing when they know their worth and own their own space. She was funny. She was proud. She read poetry and told stories and sang, and...

Maya Angelou, Emotional Memory, and the Science of Staying Present I was eleven years old when I saw Maya Angelou speak. She came to Millersville University on a February evening in the early 1980s and filled the auditorium to capacity. I was 11 and I did not want to be there but my mother knew it was important, and she took me. Maya was amazing in the way that people are amazing when they know their worth and own their own space. She was funny. She was proud. She read poetry and told stories...

Maya Angelou, Emotional Memory, and the Science of Staying Present I was eleven years old when I saw Maya Angelou speak. She came to Millersville University on a February evening in the early 1980s and filled the auditorium to capacity. I was 11 and I did not want to be there but my mother knew it was important, and she took me. Maya was amazing in the way that people are amazing when they know their worth and own their own space. She was funny. She was proud. She read poetry and told stories...