#MomLife: This Child Deserved More
"Recently I read a story about a YouTuber who adopted a child and three years later “rehomed’ him to a new family. Why, you ask? Because her son has special needs, specifically Autism."
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Joy Comes in the Mourning
"When someone is grieving one of the best things to do is just be present. Your presence was felt Three Rivers. I balled afterward and finally regained a sense of peace knowing that so many others care, are willing to have the hard conversations, and take a stand against injustice. After all of the mourning, there was joy."
What it Means to be White
"As a white man I am not held responsible in the court of public opinion for the crimes of my fellow whites. There are a few on Twitter who have tried, but it hasn’t really taken hold. Mostly I get to be me. Every time someone meets me, it’s a clean slate. A clean white slate."
Gutenberg: Baseball: Wait ‘Til Next Year?
"As a fan, as a Little League alum., as a 'stat nerd,' baseball has provided me more joy over the years than I can put into words. But for MLB to play ball right now would be greedy, foolhardy, and dangerous; and worst of all, it would be our national pastime sending a terrible message to the rest of the country precisely at the time when we need moral leadership the most. So in the words of a century of Cubs’ fans, I’ll 'wait ‘til next year.'"
Haley Homemaker: Zucchini Brownies
"I feel like zucchini is one of those things that everybody ends up having way too much of by the end of the summer, especially if you have a garden at home. If you’re growing zucchini this year, you will want to hold on to this recipe for later. You’re welcome." — Haley Hogoboom, "Haley Homemaker: Zucchini Brownies"
Entertainment Nation
"As our entertainment options have exploded, they have also become more fractionalized. Everyone can now have their own gated community of content, where you never have to be exposed to anything that you don't like or that you disagree with."
Commentary: The Language of the Unheard
WSV Columnist Dave Vago on this week's protests in Minneapolis: "Make no mistake: no matter how it manifests, the anger at systemic injustice in Minneapolis this week is righteous, and it is rooted in a situation exponentially more egregious than stolen electronics."
Poetry: Sacred Space
"Sacred Space" is an excerpt from "Breathe" a chapbook by Aundrea Sayrie.
#MomLife: Are you OK?
"My days are filled with manic highs and mind-numbing lows. There are days where I am just 'fine' and days where I can barely get off the couch. There are days where I feel like I am drowning and being swallowed up by sadness. Of course on these days parenting is the hardest. Thinking and breathing hurts. Doing anything hurts. Parenting is the last thing on my mind. I can hardly take care of myself, so how do I take care of another human being?"
Joy Comes in the Mourning
"When someone is grieving one of the best things to do is just be present. Your presence was felt Three Rivers. I balled afterward and finally regained a sense of peace knowing that so many others care, are willing to have the hard conversations, and take a stand against injustice. After all of the mourning, there was joy."
What it Means to be White
"As a white man I am not held responsible in the court of public opinion for the crimes of my fellow whites. There are a few on Twitter who have tried, but it hasn’t really taken hold. Mostly I get to be me. Every time someone meets me, it’s a clean slate. A clean white slate."
Gutenberg: Baseball: Wait ‘Til Next Year?
"As a fan, as a Little League alum., as a 'stat nerd,' baseball has provided me more joy over the years than I can put into words. But for MLB to play ball right now would be greedy, foolhardy, and dangerous; and worst of all, it would be our national pastime sending a terrible message to the rest of the country precisely at the time when we need moral leadership the most. So in the words of a century of Cubs’ fans, I’ll 'wait ‘til next year.'"
Haley Homemaker: Zucchini Brownies
"I feel like zucchini is one of those things that everybody ends up having way too much of by the end of the summer, especially if you have a garden at home. If you’re growing zucchini this year, you will want to hold on to this recipe for later. You’re welcome." — Haley Hogoboom, "Haley Homemaker: Zucchini Brownies"
Entertainment Nation
"As our entertainment options have exploded, they have also become more fractionalized. Everyone can now have their own gated community of content, where you never have to be exposed to anything that you don't like or that you disagree with."
Commentary: The Language of the Unheard
WSV Columnist Dave Vago on this week's protests in Minneapolis: "Make no mistake: no matter how it manifests, the anger at systemic injustice in Minneapolis this week is righteous, and it is rooted in a situation exponentially more egregious than stolen electronics."
Poetry: Sacred Space
"Sacred Space" is an excerpt from "Breathe" a chapbook by Aundrea Sayrie.
#MomLife: Are you OK?
"My days are filled with manic highs and mind-numbing lows. There are days where I am just 'fine' and days where I can barely get off the couch. There are days where I feel like I am drowning and being swallowed up by sadness. Of course on these days parenting is the hardest. Thinking and breathing hurts. Doing anything hurts. Parenting is the last thing on my mind. I can hardly take care of myself, so how do I take care of another human being?"
