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The Importance of Stories
Sat Feb 25 2017
I hate writing about writing, and I don’t think other people particularly like to read other people’s blogs about writing. Yet, here I am unable to resist, because I have fallen in love with stories again. Read more »
In Which I Receive The Infamous Email from the Health Teacher
Mon Feb 20 2017
I have been dreading the school notification for over a year. You know, the one that says something about how we will be having a health class just for boys and another one just for girls. Sex Ed, middle school style. Read more »
Slouchy Boots
Wed Feb 15 2017
I would rather have half of my footwear the way I want them than to have both boots in a mediocre half-alert state. Read more »
It's Not That Hard: Talking to Children About Gender Identity
Tue Feb 07 2017
I can imagine that our shift towards a more inclusive society has caused more than one parent trepidation in regard to explaining things to their children. I’m sure at least one person has said to themselves, “Hey, I just figured out talking about gay and straight. Now I have to talk about gender identity with an 8-year-old? Impossible.” View at huffingtonpost »
I Hide Things from my Cat and it Goes Poorly
Thu Feb 02 2017
Lately, in an effort to out-sneak the cat, I have delayed bringing my suitcase downstairs until the last possible moment. It works perfectly, most of the time. Except I am still me, , by which I mean flighty and easily distractible. Read more »
We the People
Wed Feb 01 2017
We need to find those few places where our views overlap and strengthen those bonds, because we can't move forward without the other side. If we could, we would have won the election. View at huffingtonpost »
Teaching Children About the A in GLBTA
Thu Jan 26 2017
Single is not a failed relationship status. View at huffingtonpost »
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I Hope You Never Know
Mon Jan 23 2017
The truth is, I hope all my friends never have to experience the oppression that made that beautiful international march necessary. This is my letter to those who can’t fathom why the march resonated with so many of us. View at huffingtonpost »
Its' Not the End of the World (Yet)
Fri Jan 20 2017
It feels like the end of the world. I want to lie on the floor for the next four years. (The couch takes too much effort and offers too much comfort.) Many of my friends are fired up and mobilizing, but I’m not there yet. I’m still lying on the floor. View at huffingtonpost »
Mama, Look at Me
Mon Jan 16 2017
My body is there with my children, but my mind is full of my own things: who needs to be where, when, and what needs to happen in order for that to occur, what I can cook for dinner that everyone will eat without complaining, a half-thought I want to remember to write down and expand into an essay. I look at him but don’t watch him closely. Read more »
A Mother’s Response to the Ft. Lauderdale Airport Shooting
Fri Jan 06 2017
Airports were always happy places for me. They contained the expectation of adventure and were filled with people going somewhere, and I was one of those people, too. Every summer, my brother and I boarded a plane in Rochester, NY, and followed a daisy chain of connecting flights to end in Anchorage, Alaska, over 4,000 miles away. View at huffingtonpost »