There’s a lot of woo-woo stuff out there about speaking things into being, that visualizing and claiming things can make them happen through the “law of attraction.” On the one hand, this is BS: unlike God, we cannot simply speak things into existence. On the other hand, we are made like God and in hisContinue reading “My Morning Affirmations”
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Notes on “Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?”
Systemic racism is not new, but widespread discussion of it has been. I keep writing and rewriting, unsure of what to say because I am a white person who grew up in an abundantly white, rural place who assumed that life where people didn’t all look the same was like Sesame Street. I struggle becauseContinue reading “Notes on “Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?””
October Links I Loved
One thing I have missed about blogging is having somewhere to share the pieces that made me think the most from the month–if only to come back myself and see what I was learning about at that time (beyond books). I just have three this month, but sometimes less is more, right? Verity Podcast onContinue reading “October Links I Loved”
On a decade of parenting
We plunked down a wad of cash on a slew of matching photo albums. That means I’ve been going through old mismatched Target clearance albums to pull out photos and printing what I need to bring us up to date. It is really something to have so many moments from that season captured, both throughContinue reading “On a decade of parenting”
I’m ready to write a bunch of crappy stuff.
I deleted my Instagram account a while back. Not deleted the app off my phone, like deep dive, do it from a web browser, face the blue “Are you super duper sure you wanna do this?” button. It was my only regular writing outlet. I had established a good rhythm: three posts a week–one aboutContinue reading “I’m ready to write a bunch of crappy stuff.”
