I joined Facebook in 2008. Back then it was fun. Dare I say even heartwarming? I reconnected with so many childhood friends that I hadn’t seen in decades. Some lived across the country. Others across the world. I got to see what they were up to and how so many of them achieved their dreams.Continue reading “Why I’m Quitting Facebook”
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The Kind of Parent All Kids Deserve
I met Carol 30 plus years ago. She was my high school social studies teacher. While she expected a lot of her students, Carol embodied what a strong work ethic and determination looked like every single day. Carol made us better students and better people. At the same time, it was abundantly clear how muchContinue reading “The Kind of Parent All Kids Deserve”
Ten Years Learning How to Say Goodbye
My big brother died unexpectedly ten years ago. He was 39 years old, my only sibling, and someone who always had my back. I’ve spent the past ten years learning how to say goodbye to him. Like most siblings, our relationship was complicated. My brother Jerry was my first and best friend when we wereContinue reading “Ten Years Learning How to Say Goodbye”
Unquiet Earth
By Allyson Wuerth
Some Words are Worth a Thousand Pictures*
By Melissa Beck *This post first appeared on Melissa’s blog, thebookbindersdaughter.com What a difference a day makes. Isn’t that how the song goes? On July 1st I was in the garden reading poetry, lots and lots of poetry and Esther Kinsky’s book Grove which is newly translated into English by Caroline Schmidt and thinking aboutContinue reading “Some Words are Worth a Thousand Pictures*”
More Time for Being
By Allyson Wuerth So many days have I wished for a slower pace—even just one day where I could breathe in and breathe out, a day when I didn’t run out of my house at exactly 6:21 every morning, dart off to Starbucks for my Venti English Breakfast hot tea, and then to school (usuallyContinue reading “More Time for Being”
Why I Won’t Complain
These are hard times. Who can argue otherwise? A third of the world’s population is in lockdown because of coronvirus. With that comes massive unemployment rates and business decline. Close to two million people have contracted coronavirus. Over 100,000 have died of COVID-19. The days, weeks, and months ahead look bleak, but I’m not goingContinue reading “Why I Won’t Complain”
A new kind of village
I’m an extrovert. My cup gets filled by spending time with my people. I need them to laugh with, to cry with, to tell stories with, and mostly, to raise my kids with. I am a village person. My ideal living situation would be to join up with three or four other families whom IContinue reading “A new kind of village”
Find the Silver Linings
I’ve been staring at this page pretty much for the past few days and I’m struggling, hard. I just cannot come up with something to write about. Well correction, I suppose what I mean is, something that is uplifting or enlightening or hopeful. It’s a strange time. Usually my life is going 100mph, and truthfullyContinue reading “Find the Silver Linings”
Panic in Pictures
A little over two weeks ago I wrote a piece called “Corona Craziness.” I thought people were overreacting about the coronavirus and were unnecessarily panicking. Two weeks feels like a lifetime ago. So much has changed-so quickly. At the beginning of March, most cases of the novel coronavirus were in China and China responded byContinue reading “Panic in Pictures”
Mommyhood 