Why does body image work even matter?
Today, I am guest posting over at Medicinal Marzipan on why body image work is so important. Here’s a quick excerpt: Body image work, you see, can really change […]
a blessing for this day…
Okay, I just couldn’t resist sharing this poem written by John O’Donohue. A dear friend sent it to me, and I found it such a lovely way to start the day that […]
Random Bits
Oh, the irony. Happy and I were shopping the other day when I let him pick his bubble bath. He got some Toy Story bubble bath for Christmas, and I […]
Breast Cancer Benefit
Today’s poem is about the remarkable strength and grace I’ve witnessed in cancer survivors, in this case, breast cancer survivors. Breast Cancer Benefit What matters is not the cancer. […]
Using your personality to make things work (at work)
“This is so clearly your classroom,” Jen said as she entered my room. She was right. It brimmed with my personality– bright posters, inspirational quotes, sorting tables for organized […]
Gringa
It’s National Poetry Month. And here’s a little know tid-bit: I almost didn’t end up a prose writer. I went to grad school because I was specifically interested in being […]
Close Your Doors, People
Two years ago today, we discovered an intruder in our house. A stinky, slick intruder under the baby’s bed. Of all the things I have blogged about in the last 4 years, […]
The lesson from two sides of the same story
Last Monday, I had the great pleasure of talking to a couple creative writing classes at a high school in my hometown of Columbia, South Carolina. The invitation came in […]
We’re different. We’re the same.
When we were in the process of adopting, we took a lot of classes and read a lot of books about parenting trans-racially and the cognitive development of children. There are several […]
