During the Fall semester, my students were writing for our memoir unit. And once again, I had shared with them pieces that I have written. (If you haven't read, I wrote about the post "Be Brave. Still Believe." a couple years ago.) But when it came time for them to write their own memoir pieces,... Continue Reading →
Small Steps = Big Progress
Many years ago, right before I got married, I created an email that reflected what would become my new name and the year that we were getting married. This has been the email that I have used for more than a decade. This is the email that has reflected who I was for those years.... Continue Reading →
Living with Ghosts
I wish I this were the start to a horror novel that I had created...but, alas, it is not. Just about a year ago, I lost my dog Pugsley. I wrote about having to say goodbye in my post "Goodbye is the Hardest Word to Say." Lately it has been weighing on my heart and... Continue Reading →
time of my life 