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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 »
When it Comes to Blood-Sucking Parasites, I’ll Take all the Hope I can Get
Fri Jan 06 2017
I tend to think I am an intelligent person who does not fall easy prey to snake oil sales pitches, but when it comes to lice, all rational thought goes out the window Read more »
The Clash of The Headache Diet and The Slacker Mom
Tue Jan 03 2017
Unfortunately, I was reminded by how much my version of healthy eating misses the mark when the doctor put my son on the “headache diet” for his Chronic Daily Headaches. Read more »
New Year's Eve Shoes
Sat Dec 31 2016
This becomes a New Year’s Eve post if you make it to the end. Read more »
The Thesaurus Might Make Me Someone to Yearn For
Wed Dec 28 2016
Let the words be enough. View at thedrunkenllama »
Cicadas
Wed Dec 28 2016
I had not seen my father in several years, and I had no aching desire to change that. View at thedrunkenllama »