Some things can’t be kept at bay with meditation and good sleep habits. Some heart months last for years. It comes every winter in a flurry of hearts, red ribbons, exclamation points, and drags behind it a trail of admonishments about vegetables and brisk walks. There are national retailers selling shirts with catchy slogans and inevitable […]
I can’t change our genders or sexual orientations. I can’t change our skin colors. But I can change my children’s perceptions, give them gratitude for their privilege and anger for injustice, and teach them to use those feelings as tools. I am a straight, white parent. I sit in my position of privilege and peer […]
It’s a black box, parenting, and even blacker when ill health complicates matters. I am not a person who relishes infinite choices, paths ahead all equally fraught and delicious. I like guidelines and known entities, maps and strategies. Parenting is, understandably, a challenge for someone like me, who wants to know what’s coming next. Even […]
