Mandatory (a)Musings

It was 2013. Helena had just turned 7 ; Sam was turning 5. They had been begging me for a dog for an entire year, and I had promised Helena ...

  “Hey, Indiana!” we yelled. We’d given up on the Q Line; the wait was over an hour. We saw Indiana at the next bus stop. “Oh, hey!” she wav...

About a month ago, I wrote the following Facebook post. 157 people reacted to it; 24 people commented. Everyone was touched by the power of ...

My good friend Alicia was packing up the U-Haul, taking the things she loved and leaving most of it behind. She tasked me with going through...

  We have been traveling for 7(ish) days. The ish is because we were trapped in Detroit for an extra 24 hours, making our stay in Munich inc...

Today, you were student of the month. Again. For the last time. Even though it was a little bit silly -- Ms. Fletcher nominated all the adva...

 I haven't written in ages. 9 months, to be exact. Maybe 10. Math is hard. I haven't had the time -- made the time -- to write. And ...

 I have a complicated relationship with motherhood. I was never sure I wanted to be a mom. I was worried that I would be a cold mom. That I ...

Dear Students- Remember at the beginning of the semester, when I talked about plagiarism? Remember when I said that a number of you would pr...

Not because of the food or the beer or the service, but because of the white guys down the rail. I couldn't unhear them and I couldn...