Packing for Hurricane Irma
When Hurricane Irma took a turn towards Tampa Bay on September 9, 2017, she was tracking right over my house. Eventually the area I live in was under a mandatory evacuation, meaning if we were in...
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Like Gifts, We Wear Wrapping Paper
One night at dinner, my son asked me something along the lines of, “They say parents of trans kids mourn for the child they used to have. Do you think you are in mourning for me?” Here’s how I...
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What being the mom of a Trans Kid Taught me
Art by ElliottJames available at RedBubble Someone said to me once, “When your children are born, they are characters in your story. But eventually they start their own story line where they are the...
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Remembering Shannon
With Shannon at One Step Closer to the Cure I recently lost my friend Shannon. We met 17 years ago when our children were placed in the same 3 year old classroom. We didn’t seem to have much in...
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How Love is Love became my Battlecry
I was young when I got married. Many people shared their opinion that I was making a mistake. More significant than the fact that I was still a college student, I was marrying outside my faith. I was...
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