Death, Family, Grief, parenthood, parenting, Writing

Life after Her Death

There is a sense you have nothing to lose after a major life catastrophe. I have previously written about having a purpose to write.  Life experience has offered some funny situations  about which I’ve written and more serious events.  I thought there would be just a period of relief after last school year and a… Continue reading Life after Her Death

Family, Life, parenthood, Poetry, Writing

Rumors about Eddie

You know there's rumors going 'round about Eddie. Some say he left his now adult daughters and never returned. Others say he planned to pick them up, but went skiing instead. Didn't you hear the rumors going 'round about Eddie? They, maybe a daughter or two, say he left them on the front porch, and… Continue reading Rumors about Eddie

Advocacy, Life, Mental Health, PTSD, Writing

The Call to Write about Trauma

I wrote some meaningful poems during that time.  I wrote some crappy, thirteen-year-old blow your nose in notebook paper poems.

Cook, Cooking, Food, parenthood, Poetry, Writing

Pimping Out My Mac and Cheese

My daughter wants to pimp out my Mac and cheese. It’s creamy with the heavy cream and it’s three cheese. She says I can visit my students house to house, and give out my Mac and cheese. I’m a louse for not going house to house like the teachers you see on TV. I don’t… Continue reading Pimping Out My Mac and Cheese

Advocacy, autism, Life, parenthood, Writing

Busting Up the Brick in the Wall

Because as exhausting as my list of social cue questions is for me, imagine how many people there are who feel that way.

autism, Education, Life, teaching, Writing

The Only Place I Ever Felt Normal

She was a touchstone for the last time I felt safe before I entered what would lead to an almost photographic memory of torture in middle school.

Advocacy, Art, autism, Blogging, Communication, Poetry, Writing

The Evolution of a Writer

I'm fine with writing though because it doesn't lie to your face or just disappear.

Books, Characters, Literature, Writing, Young Adult

A Love Affair with Book

It happens so often. We have a love affair with a book. It's even better when it is a series. I felt this way about The Hunger Games, Scythe series, and Peculiar Children. Last summer, I read through Born Survivors and other books about the Holocaust. For a long time, I continued to read. I… Continue reading A Love Affair with Book

Literature, Writing, Young Adult

Tomi Adeyemi Brought my Writing Back from the Dead

My writing is back from the dead. Obviously, I'm still here. If you've read my blog before, you know I come and go.  I know the most successful bloggers post regularly, or more than once a week. As I've written A Word or More through the years, I've tried to bring the focus back to why we're… Continue reading Tomi Adeyemi Brought my Writing Back from the Dead

Art, Life, Literature, memoir, Poetry, Writing

Meet Your Writing Goal: Enter a Competition

Enter a competition. I encourage you to do it. It's been a hot minute since I did a contest. Although I've left my four blogs untouched for the last two weeks due to renovation and, you know, an active life; I've been more active writing this summer than in previous years. I allowed my career to run… Continue reading Meet Your Writing Goal: Enter a Competition