Category: Social Issues

Musings Social Issues

Remembering 9/11

Musings Social Issues

A Group of People Chose Chaos Over Civility at an AOC event in a Boys and Girls Club

Musings Social Issues

Cancel the Behavior and Not the Person: Permitting Growth Within Cancel Culture

Parenting Social Issues

Bailouts, New Hires, and More: My 10 Ideas For Opening Up Schools

Parenting Social Issues

How To Get Kids Involved With Activism

Musings Social Issues

10 Reasons Besides COVID You Should Wear a Mask

Musings Parenting Social Issues

Raising Fists with my Daughter

Musings Social Issues

Still Watching, Waiting, and Protesting

Musings Social Issues

A Call For Kindness

Whirlpool combats chronic absenteeism by donating washing machines to schools

Parenting Social Issues

Raising Boys in the #MeToo Era

I Believe Anita Hill and Dr. Christine Blasey Ford… And I’m sorry.

Kindergartners Should Not Have to Hide in Cubby Closets: Gun Control Now

Social Issues Travel

Visiting the National Museum of African American History and Culture

Parenting Social Issues

“That’s It?” becomes “That’s It!” for my daughter after Frances McDormand’s Oscar Speech

Parenting Social Issues

Education On All Levels Must be Part of the #MeToo Movement

Getting Touched by a Ghost inside Leap Castle: An Irish Castle Story
I climbed up the narrow spiral staircase behind my group. I was the last one up. As I climbed, I noticed a small wooden door. I grasped the handle and pulled it open. The door led to an empty and dark hallway. In my right hand, I held my heavy Sony a7Rii camera. In my […]
Learning Apps for Struggling Students and Students Wanting To Push Themselves More
When it comes to educating our children, we need all the help we can get. Whether you have a struggling student or a student that breezes through their work and needs to be challenged more, parenting a school-age kid is hard. We want what’s best for our kids and will do and try anything to […]
Remembering 9/11
I’m not sure why, but I’ve never written about 9/11. I’m always at a crossroads if I should write when something happens that triggers a story. But when you’re a writer, you write about what you feel. You write your story. For all of us that were alive on September 11, 2001, 9/11 is part […]
Taking a Black Taxi Tour of Belfast is the Best way to See and Learn About the City
Our taxi driver, Paddy O’Donnell, sat behind the wheel sharing a tragic story of the reason a monument was erected. On the spot, civilians were murdered and homes burned down. As he spoke to us, a Frenchman on a bicycle rode up to Mr. O’Donnell’s window. Paddy rolled the window down and the man on […]
Visiting the Aran Islands and the Cliffs of Moher
My trip to Ireland is filled with places I wish I could’ve spent more time. One of those places is Inis Mor (Inishmore) of the Aran Islands. The Aran Islands are made up of 3 small rocky islands. Inishmore is the largest. The other two are Inishmaan (Inis Meain) and Inisheer (Inis Oiir). The landscape […]

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