On Thursday I drove home from school in silence, with only the hum of the road giving me the soundtrack… Read more 2021, Chapter 3 – 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 3 – Science Myths, Menstrual Masks, and Mea Culpa
Sometimes seizing the day means staying in bed a little longer with your kids.
In The Great Gatsby, Daisy, the golden girl and Gatsby’s love interest, says of her daughter, “I hope she’ll be… Read more The Absolute Hell of Raising a Strong Daughter
“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.”
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