Each day that I go to school, I prepare myself for my students. Prepare to teach them and guide them where they need to be. And each day, they teach me something. One of my students, Sofie, left her abusive boyfriend, is now sleeping on her parent's sofa with her daughter. She didn't wait for …
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Day One of Gratitude: Sisterhood
It's Friday night with the girls.. our heels are off, if we even had them on in the first place. Sonja is dressed to clean. I love her country cow sweatshirt and crochet bandana, no matter what she wears she is always herself and always beautiful. Everyone else is in their comfy clothes. No men, …
Me and Antia
For nearly ten years, I have had a intimate relationship with a woman named Anita. A strong, beautiful woman. A fighter who does what needs to be done. I have been with her so long that I can't imagine life without her. We have spend so many hours and days together. More than once, I …
Dear Momma
Dear Momma, It may seem strange to write a blog post to you, but I think that after everything we have been through it is time to say some things in a more public way. You are mother, but more than that you are my friend. You encourage me and show me what it is …
Tossing the junk; cleansing the past (An Update)
The past calls to me, but it is like the siren's call; deadly. It urges me to hold on go things. The objects which in turn sing my name; yet these items straddles me with their weight. They threaten to limit my future: emotional, physically and financially. This past weekend, I ventured into the confines …
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Cleanse the past, toss the junk…
There is certain melancholy mist that can settled upon as I go through the boxes left over from my last year. The new place wasn't as accommodating as I hoped nor did the bookshelves appear to replace the ones which didn't survive the stress of a crosstown move. You know the kind of move where …
Light Some Candles & Raise Your Glass…
The fall wind blows through the trees no matter where I am to remind me that today is Halloween, today is a day to remember the dead. The beloved dead, our ancestors and friends who have walked before us into the unknown. For Catholics, soon will come the celebration for the faithful departed. Many will …
Book Review – Autism by the Hand
The Saturday before my birthday, I spent lying on my sofa reading, Autism by the Hand by Lorca Damon. Since honestly is an important component of it the follow needs to be stated before I go any further: this review is going to be completely and totally biased. I am the sister and extremely proud …
Another Year Older and Deeper in Wisdom…I hope…
Today, I turn thirty-five years old. The parochial school that I attended as a teenager had the motto “Grow in Faith and Wisdom”. It has been my motto since those days of uncertainly. Those days when I thought I knew who I was; only to be torn down again and again. This year, I stop; …
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What no Wheat? How do you live?
It sounds trite to say that life is a journey, but that is exactly what it is to me. I view my life as a series of journeys to different points of understanding. One of my current journeys is one that reaches to the core of who were are as human beings, how we deal …
Lucinda Rose 