I can't believe that summer is almost over and that I haven't written anything about it. My absence here really is a testament to just how crazy and busy my life is has become. It is one whirlwind after the next. I don't feel like I have had a moment to be still since we … Continue reading Going, Going, Nearly Gone
Shocked
Every 9 1/2 minutes someone contracts HIV/AIDS. 1 in 5 people don't know they have HIV/AIDS. That is 20% of those infected. How is this even possible? We have been working as a country to fight HIV/AIDS in Africa (and we should--please don't get me wrong) yet have done little as a nation to wage … Continue reading Shocked
Mine, Mine, Mine
Noah is a pretty smart kid. He is also very stubborn and a bit of a know-it-all. Okay, maybe not a bit. He gets that from his dad. Last school year, we had an incident with another student at school who happened to have the same gloves as Noah. Noah's were at home, but he … Continue reading Mine, Mine, Mine
Zoëversary
June 28, 2008 June 28, 2008 June 2010 June 2010 Two years ago today, we were sitting in Washington's Dulles airport waiting for our flight home. Home for you to meet you daddy and your big brother. You smiled at me on occasion but more often than not gave me a look of suspicion as … Continue reading Zoëversary
A Draft
This National Writing Project institute is intensive. It is amazing but intense. I haven't written creatively for a very long time. It is certainly what I enjoy writing the most but it is something I haven't written in a long while. Who has the time to write for oneself in an honest and true way … Continue reading A Draft
