The country is fixated on the presidential debate today, but just a week ago my social media feeds were crowded with a different type of debate altogether. A little more than a week ago, Tereson Dupuy, sometimes dubbed the "Mother of the Modern Cloth Diaper," appeared on ABC's … [Read more...]
Politics + Facebook = Frenemies
This is an opinion piece I wrote, published in a local newspaper, The Source. If you prefer to read it online, you can visit this link and click 1:1 to have it come up large enough to read. This issue also includes an article about a local WWII Veteran who served at Montford … [Read more...]
There Can be No Grey Areas: Thoughts on “In Plain View”
At 13, the world seemed to be tumbling down around me. I wanted to be strong, faithful, hopeful. I wanted to have control over something in my life. I wanted to be taken seriously. Everything seemed to matter so much and nothing seemed to matter much at all. Except one thing. I … [Read more...]
Pushing Past Assumptions and Hearsay
Anyone without a social security number can just walk in and get government assistance, while American citizens have to wait in line. I knew a family with generations on welfare, who told me they had children so they wouldn't have to get a job. I work with children who … [Read more...]
Removing the Training Wheels (It’s Hard Being a Girl)
The look of exhilaration on her face as she confidently pedaled in the distance is the stuff we become parents for. As I watched her eagerly push forward, her hair flying behind her, Dad running alongside, the depth of my emotional response surprised me. After a month of rough … [Read more...]
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