Yesterday at school, we were talking with our students about the importance of things not being easy all the time. The teacher I work with pointed out that if second grade was always easy, with no mistakes made and no struggles to be had, there wouldn’t be a point to being in second grade. I …
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A Call For Support
There are milestones in life that we automatically designate as “joyful,” but sometimes those things don’t turn out as expected. We’ve certainly learned that over the past year and a half as the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted weddings, reunions, graduations, and so many more big events that were supposed to be happy times. I recently learned …
Two Shots
Note: This is a very rough draft. Apologies in advance for any grammatical errors. I didn’t expect to receive the COVID-19 vaccine for a while. I work in elderly housing. We provide housing, meals, and cleaning to one of the populations most vulnerable to the virus. But because we aren’t licensed to provide any sort …
Map of a Shrinking World
See this map? I'm going to explain what it means to me as someone who has a parent with a compromised immune system and works with vulnerable populations. Not to mention as someone who just generally cares about people. It means I can't see either of my sons for a while. Not if I want to keep …
Care Package for Thursday, June 11, 2020
Poetry: You Are Who I Love by Aracelis GirmayYou, selling roses out of a silver grocery cartYou, in the park, feeding the pigeonsYou cheering for the beesRead more Song In My Head: True Trans Soul Rebel by Against Me! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JUrfrCfvZDc LGBTQ Art: 7 LGBTQ Artists Who Made Profound And Lasting Contributions To The Art World …
