“and the stars through his soul”
We’re at the checkout lane closest to the north door at the supermarket and I turn and ask my oldest child, “Is it time we look into top surgery?” “Yes,” he tells me simply. Parenting a trans child is...
View Articleand is the heart of youth so light /its step so firm, its eye so bright
Phoenix graduates with their Associate of Arts degree from Grays Harbor, with Honors, on Friday June 22nd. They are the youngest graduate from Grays Harbor College, and the youngest inductee into the...
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believe
We are in for several months of absolutely stunning, perfect weather. We’ve had nothing but sunshine and warmth, and delicious soft rains. The daylight lasts well past nine PM and I’m taken back to...
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Article 6
Due to several factors I am not going to detail here, I have habituated myself to forgoing breaks. I don’t take hours off let alone days off. I am work, work, working and only slow down at all to sit...
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apologies: you can do better than how you were done by
My youngest son sits down on the bed next to me. “Mom,” he says, and waits until I raise my eyes from my phone. Holding eye contact he continues calmly, “I apologize for the way I spoke to you earlier...
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“It’s Complicated”
(an intense fellow from the County Fair) There is a perfectly lovely woman at a local shop who always greets me warmly, and makes genuine, caring conversation with my husband and I when she sees us....
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dear little fighter
Our children wake in the afternoon and stagger downstairs; Ralph’s made a huge pot of creamy miso ramen loaded with baby bok choy and carrots. Our sons sit down and eat, famished: like something is...
View ArticleWe must do better by our trans children and teens
Content warning: homophobia, transphobia. Recently on social media I watched as former classmates of mine blasted parents who support their trans children; that is, parents who allow their children to...
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American parenting tells us to bully our children – but it’s not worth it and...
Today on social media a lovely article, about a year old, is making the rounds: “‘What’s the magic word?’ The routine shaming of children” on parentallies.org. It’s a concise article, scratching the...
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nye 2018
2018 was a good year for us. One is tempted to trot out the “accomplishments”, and yes we have a few of those. This was my first full year filing taxes and running my business like a “real” one. I...
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