I am a student

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My high school experience was unfortunate, colored mostly by bad hair, poor clothing choices, and social awkwardness that prevented me from really taking myself serious. I can’t say I liked high school, but I really liked college and graduate school because with all those things out of the way, I could enjoy just being a [...]

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Words to Inspire

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Getting comfortable with being uncomfortable

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I didn’t know that I had a writing comfort zone. I assumed, when I starting pitching myself nationally that in writing about motherhood and parenting I was only writing what I wanted to write. And I was (and I am) writing what I want to write when I talk(ed) about these subjects. I am doing [...]

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Being a parent is important work

April 2, 2013

When I started motherhood, I had this thing in my head that the most important work I needed to do in a day was the work that didn’t involve my children. It was my writing that was important. It was that, not the hours spent with them, I thought, that I wanted to speak for [...]

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