poetry The Door Is Maybe Locked. {poetry} The door is maybe locked and he is eight. She is waking him up in a different room in the same house, is saying Come to bed, I’m lonely. Continue Reading
wisdom Routine: Be the Adult for Your Own Inner Child. Having a routine is not something 'for kids'. Yet this generation is full of people expressing how difficult a struggle it is. Continue Reading
poetry Because: Mother Doesn’t Talk About the Past. {poetry} My mother crying at the sound of laughter, at the sound of someone trying to open the back door, and I have learned not to ask. Continue Reading
poetry There’s No Future Time More Special Than Now. {poetry} My grandmother’s words suddenly come to mind from 40 years ago, telling me not to squirrel away new clothes for special occasions. Continue Reading
you & me Family Farewell: A Lovely Way to Die. This spring, I felt an entirely different emotion when my wife’s Uncle Ralph passed away peacefully in the presence of the family he loved. Continue Reading
world Gentle Loners: Interiority of Violent White Christian Men. We can assume an interiority in those who have been shot, who have swung from a rope because a white Christian man was “at the end of his." Continue Reading
fiction Social Work and the Last Red Diaper Baby. {fiction} Emma Goldman, a strong supporter of social justice, like Emma Lazarus, was an immigrant who arrived here from Russia as a teenager. Continue Reading
wisdom Drinking From the Source: How People of Different Faiths Can Get Along. Institutionalized religion often forges psychological chains to keep us bound and in subjection, to keep us separate from one another. Continue Reading
poetry Postcard 2: For My Dad, Kha Tran. {poetry} 400,000 Vietnamese people died at sea trying to escape their homeland. My dad was fortunate to have made it safely to the refugee camps. Continue Reading
you & me Don’t Vibrate at Someone Else’s Frequency. So today you can get up, turn your magic all the way on, and tune into your frequency and energy of what makes you 'You'. Continue Reading