One of the most majestic moments of my life was witnessing a black bear and her cubs in the wild. I observed in awe as the mama bear allowed her children to climb through trees and wrestle playfully, but was acutely aware that she was ready to fiercely defend them should any predators threaten. I …
I can’t think. I can’t work. I can’t stop worrying about my kids at school. I feel so helpless. I can’t focus, and so I scroll.
“Shoulders back, Nicole Jo,” chided my mother time and time…and time…again. A habit of hunching my shoulders has plagued me all my life, equal parts due to genetics and insecurity. This simple phrase was my mother’s way to guard me against poor posture and remind me to be confident. These words linger today, an angel …
Shoulders Back: Lessons in Resilience for, and from, My Girls Read More »
“I don’t know how to explain to you why you should care about other people.” This tweet, fired off by exasperated mother and YA author, Lauren Morrill, has since found itself on countless social media memes, featured in articles, and even misattributed to Dr. Anthony Fauci. Millions, including myself, have shared Lauren’s frustration and disheartenment …
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I have a confession to make, but no one can tell my husband I admitted this: I do not know everything. At one point in my life, I may have thought that I did. Many more times, I pretended that I did. I clearly give the impression to some that I think I do. AND …
I’m tired. Nope. I’m more than tired. I am FUCKING EXHAUSTED. Anxiety, stress, work, family, volunteering, it is all taking a toll, but it’s more than that. The weight on my shoulders feels disproportionately heavy and I think I’ve figured out why: I’m a helper.
We lost our Lola in April. If anything encompasses the turmoil and contradiction of the past year, it was our 13 ½ year old Belgian Malinois Shepherd’s life and death. Lola was wild and her energy boundless, though it waned slowly in her last year. She would sit on our front porch at our first …
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Sometimes it’s a meme shared on Facebook. Or an off-hand comment or joke about bathrooms or sports participation. Maybe it’s the conflation of sex and gender , a fundamental misunderstanding of basic science. It’s the proposal of a misguided or uninformed law. Other times, it’s just pure, ugly hate. Whatever form it takes, transphobia permeates …
Please. Thank You. Excuse Me. I have methodically embedded these good manner phrases into my children’s malleable little craniums for over a decade. I beam any time a restaurant server compliments my polite offspring. These tiny details of etiquette, when spoken sincerely, are the seeds of growing kind, empathetic, and socially aware little humans. While …
The city of Massillon feels smaller than it’s population of 32,000. I like to joke that Massillon connections are like the old game Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon, only most of us know each other by no more than 3 degrees. Among Massillon’s most well-known names and faces is Ellery Moore. Ellery endeared himself to …
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