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 […]
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 […]
Using Three Words to Get or Get Over Your One Day
Yesterday, we talked about the ubiquitous One Days in our lives. You know, those things we promise ourselves we’ll get around to One Day. And, sometimes, yes, we just need […]
Making a decision about one day
A recent assignment has had me thinking about aging- specifically about our fear of aging. As I was brainstorming and pondering what it is we’re scared of (what I’m scared […]
some journal prompts to get your day going…
I love a good journal prompt, and my very favorite journal prompt is one that just asks you to finish a sentence or briefly answer a question so imagine my […]
Blast from the past: How Can I Begin to Love Myself Again
So, I was looking for an old blog post to find the name of a book tonight when I came across this blog post originally published on November 23, 2008- […]
Healthy Balanced Life: A Q&A with Dr. Ann Becker-Schutte
I met Dr. Ann Becker-Schutte the way so many of us meet new friends these days- on social media. We connected over Twitter, and her sensibilities and sensitivities really resonated with […]
The Make-Up Test
Hope you’ll enjoy The Make-Up Test in the Charlotte Observer. It looks at the all-natural experiment in my body image class.
