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I press my body against the truck to hold the door shut as my mom struggles to snap the lock closed. Just as...

21 March, 2019 / 4 Comments

I love your hair! It’s more edgy. Your hair is the always the same, what made you change it? It’s more stylish. If they only knew… Hey, is...

20 March, 2019 / 7 Comments

Oh, I want to show you the polar bears. It is the best exhibit. I lead my friend into the Central Park Zoo. I spent...

19 March, 2019 / 9 Comments

For so long I believed it was important to teach students to live a writerly life so that they would grow as writers. ...

18 March, 2019 / 16 Comments

Please. Really. You said it’s MY day. You said anything I want. I flash my baby blues. I know it works on my dad every time. He takes...

17 March, 2019 / 11 Comments

He motions for me to bend down. I readjust the mentor texts on my lap and lean in to meet his gaze. He is...

16 March, 2019 / 17 Comments

Good news is we have plenty of gas. It would never occur to me that we wouldn’t have plenty of gas in our aircraft. Am...

15 March, 2019 / 5 Comments

I had the privilege to join sixty-five educators in Indiana this week. As I looked out into the audience before the session began,...

14 March, 2019 / 9 Comments

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13 March, 2019 / 7 Comments

Do you like onion rings? No, but I did hear you ask the waiter for a salad. I know but I don’t want to be a...

12 March, 2019 / 8 Comments