“Do you know how there are moments when the world moves so slowly you can feel your bones shifting, your mind tumbling? When you think that no matter what happens to you for the rest […]
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Wonder Years
Things never turn out exactly the way you planned. I know they didn’t with me. Still, like my father used to say, ‘Traffic’s traffic, you go where life takes you’ and growing up happens in […]
I Quit My Job In the Middle of a Pandemic
I’ve been teaching since 2007. I’ve been online teaching since 2015. After the birth of my daughter I left the traditional classroom but remained a part-time online educator. I’ve taught introductory college composition courses for […]
A Covid-19 Cry
“Crying is all right in its way while it lasts. But you have to stop sooner or later, and then you still have to decide what to do.” ― C.S. Lewis, The Silver Chair If […]
Is Motherhood My Thing?
Dear Mothers Everywhere! First and foremost – enjoy your children! Rediscover the world with them, as they revel in the mundane and everyday world you’ve long since taken for granted. Revel in that most mysterious […]
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