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Home is a Privilege
When I was in graduate school for social work, I interned with an agency that went out into the community and visited adults with mental health challenges and intellectual/developmental disabilities...
Home is a Privilege
When I was in graduate school for social work, I interned with an agency that went out into the community and visited adults with mental health challenges and intellectual/developmental disabilities...

Mother's Day Thoughts 2024
Mother’s Day is just a few steps behind me, and, as a flower farmer in the busiest of seasons, I am still catching up with my thoughts after a lovely,...
Mother's Day Thoughts 2024
Mother’s Day is just a few steps behind me, and, as a flower farmer in the busiest of seasons, I am still catching up with my thoughts after a lovely,...

Thoughts on a Label
It’s 5:30 am and I hear a beep from the front door that lets me know someone has unlocked the alarm code. A moment later, my bedroom door opens and...
Thoughts on a Label
It’s 5:30 am and I hear a beep from the front door that lets me know someone has unlocked the alarm code. A moment later, my bedroom door opens and...

Not Impossible
I never wanted to be a family that had a tv in every room. We moved to the country because we wanted to expose our kids to an environment similar...
Not Impossible
I never wanted to be a family that had a tv in every room. We moved to the country because we wanted to expose our kids to an environment similar...

Thinking About Loneliness
I’ve been thinking a lot about loneliness. In my daily reading and listening to podcasts, loneliness seems to be a sentiment that is moving through our cultural spheres at an...
Thinking About Loneliness
I’ve been thinking a lot about loneliness. In my daily reading and listening to podcasts, loneliness seems to be a sentiment that is moving through our cultural spheres at an...

Just As I Am
I’m not letting go Said one leaf to its neighbor I’ve held to this branch And I’m bound to my labor I’ve held my position I’ve weathered the thunder I’ve...
Just As I Am
I’m not letting go Said one leaf to its neighbor I’ve held to this branch And I’m bound to my labor I’ve held my position I’ve weathered the thunder I’ve...