It’s Mother’s Day today and I started to wax nostalgic on a post about the wonders of mother’s, about how… Read more Fathers, We Need to Do Better for Mothers
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2021 – Chapter Eight: Teaching Sportsmanship, Campfires, and Smashing the Patriarchy to My Six-Year-Old
Raising a child is a full time job, and I have three. There are no breaks when they’re young, even… Read more 2021 – Chapter Eight: Teaching Sportsmanship, Campfires, and Smashing the Patriarchy to My Six-Year-Old
2021, Chapter Three – Science Myths, Menstrual Masks, and Mea Culpa
On Thursday I drove home from school in silence, with only the hum of the road giving me the soundtrack… Read more 2021, Chapter Three – Science Myths, Menstrual Masks, and Mea Culpa
A Beautiful, Terrible Conversation – Part Three: Standing
“He hurt me, he scarred me, and even at forty-four it’s changed me forever. I thought of my students who’ve been through this and worse. It doesn’t matter if it happens if you’re fourteen or forty-four, it changes you, how you view the world. How you view yourself. For the first time, I could see myself as something else besides a strong, female teacher. I could be a strong woman.”
A Beautiful, Terrible Conversation – Part Two: Sitting At Home
Preface This is the second part of my friend’s and another girl’s story. It’s a tale that is being told… Read more A Beautiful, Terrible Conversation – Part Two: Sitting At Home
Stupid Optimism 