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...]
One Bucket List Item Down
What would entice thousands of adults to stare at this for five hours (notice the empty podium)? Getting tickets proved the easy part. I walked right onto campus the day before the event, waited in no lines (the lines were the day before) and walked away with two tickets to … [Read more...]
Apologizing for Having Kids
There's a popular news story going around right now, featured on several popular websites and posted like crazy as a shared photo on facebook. Some considerate parents, nervous about flying with their 14 week-old twin sons, provide an advance apology to fellow passengers in the … [Read more...]
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