Ramble Ramble. It’s a gorgeous day outside. The sun is up, the winds are mostly gone. I have daffodils blooming on the front banks of my lawn. The lawn itself could use some care, but that’s not likely to happen anytime soon. Ramble ramble. It’s been about 5 weeks now that we are in a…
Stop being pains in your parents behinds.
Okay, Gen X.
(featured photo from STL.com) The title of this piece refers to how I spelled the word education on a 2nd grade spelling pre-test. By the end of the week I had learned the correct, dictionary spelling, and I have never forgotten it. Even today when I spell the word for something, I say the letters to…
(Image from rather.com) I’ve heard women say that childbirth is the worst physical pain in the world and I won’t dispute that. Between childbirth and any sort of physical menstruation pain, yes. accepted. What could be worse? How about the pain of knowing? And then having to LIVE with the knowing for the rest of…
There’s been too much rain lately, too many days of wet. Wet roads, wet trees. Slick roads. Slick words from many corners of the news and social media. And too many out there lapping up those slicks.
Its hard to grow up these days. There’s so much to navigate. And so many landmines that can blow up and derail any and all possibles. Puberty alone can bring tons of issues – body issues, eating issues stemming from body issues, hormonal twists that bring on pain of all sorts for young women, changes…
(Image via the Boston Globe) Schools. They are important pieces of our society. They function as ways for our youth to learn and grow, to live and find out what they are capable of. But schools also have bad reputations, especially public schools. Too crowded, too inflexible, too stuck to the past. So what can…
Know. A small word with deep implications.
Over the past months I have gotten more in tune with those around me who identify somewhere on the LBGTQIA+ spectrum. I respect each and every individual as they present themselves. My own representation is fairly simple. By physical appearance and by physical construct I am a cis-woman. My physical body is what I see…
