What’s your announcement?
Years ago, there was a print ad (Nike?) that I just loved. It read: You are born. And oh, how you wail! Your first breath is a scream. Not timid […]
You are the one who cares the most
Last week, while I was visiting Dwight-Englewood school, I was faced with a comment that I’ve certainly heard before. “It’s all well and good to say that the way that […]
All Natural Day Redux
So, to my great pleasure and surprise- every one of my 44 students went all natural on Friday. And what came as no surprise was that each one of them […]
It’s not just a white girl thing…
This week is National Eating Disorders Awareness week and the National Eating Disorders Association has asked people to do just one thing to support awareness. Today, I wanted to blog […]
Reorganizing myself
The other day I dreamt that I joined the Army (I am an Army brat so maybe that’s not so terribly out of left field in my subconscious brain) and […]
Q&A with Dina McQueen
One thing that I have loved about coming to parenting through adoption is the incredible people that I have met along the way. One of those people is Dina McQueen. […]
Becoming media literate
Do you know how much of what you see is doctored in some way? If it’s in a print magazine, it’s pretty likely that what you are seeing is an […]
Complete these sentences
Day 33 in Beautiful You: A Daily Guide to Radical Self-Acceptance asks readers to complete these sentences. Here’s my take: Someone who energizes me is my dad. He is such […]
A Blessing…
A BLESSING FROM MY SIXTEEN YEARS SON I have this son who assembled inside me during Hurricane Gloria. In a flash, he appeared, in a heartbeat. Outside, pines toppled. Phone […]
In need of direction…
My sister’s birthday was, uh, last month. So last week, I finally mailed her gift. It fit in a regular envelope. Saturday, it came back to me in the form […]
