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It’s been all of two days since we officially started homeschooling our son, “M,” after a tornado and Covid-19 teamed up to knock us on our collective asses like the Legion of Doom giving us all a bit of the…

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Before we entered the weird sub-reality of living life as a parent during a pandemic, we had just lived through a deadly tornado in our much-loved neighborhood of East Nashville. Things can, and sometimes will, change in an instant.

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Most adults have little to no understanding of the realities of mental illness. It doesn’t have to be the same for the next generation.

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It’s okay to not feel like an adult even if society tells you that you are one. It’s okay to wish you were still six, and not have a worry in sight.

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Inspire office-mates to take a dance break every day.

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Today I am nervous. First day of school nervous.

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Why are children so weird?

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Education is knowledge – not the thoughtless accumulation of knowledge, but knowing what to make of what you see.

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Sent at random times, I saw the intent–he wanted to initiate a text conversation with me but was, for whatever reason, insecure about initiating said conversation.

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Your fat Kindergarten teacher had sex. She did, I swear! Maybe she even had lots of sex. She had two children so that’s a guaranteed two times someone had sex with her. Here she is teaching you how to read and then there she is getting naked with some dude.