It Will Be OK

photo credit: Ashley Wright Photography First comes love, then comes marriage, then comes … well, you know the rest. It’s been beat into us

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Second Grade Dreams

Some kids dream about growing up to become athletes, singers or doctors. Me? I dreamt about college. I recall with great detail the day

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Never a Failure

I began my career as a high school English teacher with an unapologetically idealistic attitude about the difference I could make in my student’s

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Love Detox

I went through alcohol and benzodiazepine withdrawal/detox on the top bunk in my sister’s basement – in a house full of toddlers. Three of

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