Active Shooter
*A version of this article also appears in Community and Public Health Nursing Tenth, North American Edition, 2021, p 693 I went to the...
Dec 26, 20222 min read
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My First Lesson in Dignity
It was literally like a fairy tale. I waited in a shadowy backstage corner, watching tiny Little Bo-Peeps, Blind Mice and Cats with...
May 20, 20222 min read
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An Open Letter to My Teacher
I believe teachers, for better or worse, can be equally influential to children as their parents. They’ve even been known to mitigate the...
Mar 21, 20225 min read
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You Rock and I Roll: A Wheelchair User’s Rock Show Experience
This is a rock show. The band is wildly popular. The venue is legendary, and I am a wheelchair user with a floor ticket. This was the...
Feb 8, 20222 min read
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You Know You’re Disenfranchised When Your History Isn’t Even an Elective
American history is the story of African Americans, Native Americans, women, immigrants, the LGBTQ and all marginalized people. What...
Oct 17, 20214 min read
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You say bossiness. I say mentorship.
The year was 20-ought something. I would tell you it was the fault of my red, 1991 Chevy Beretta. That car kept me in trouble! The Texas...
Aug 22, 20215 min read
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Empower Your Daughters: 7 Things I Wish I Hadn’t Had To Learn The Hard Way
I’ve reached an age I thought my mother was, so I decided it’s time to take inventory of the wisdom I’ve racked up. The result was this...
May 16, 20215 min read
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A Dream Within A Dream
The inherent risk in tackling this topic is that you think I’m crazy, but I hope you think I’m brave. Anything less than bravery could...
Feb 7, 20214 min read
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(At Least) 6 Steps to Evaluating Information.
I interrupt my originally-intended blog post to bring you this emergency post about how to evaluate the information you are constantly...
Aug 6, 20162 min read
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If I have any readers, they probably think I died.
Writers’ block, y’all. WRITERS’. BLOCK. For the past few months, I've been in a season of writer's block so paralyzing it's made me...
Jul 31, 20162 min read
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Proof that Ableism is Pervasive in Society
Ramps! Ramps are the proof. Recently, someone questioned my use of the word "ableism" to describe society's tendency to favor typical...
Apr 23, 20161 min read
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How to Fall Through the Cracks in 10 Easy Steps!
I officially fell through the cracks today. * After much consideration, I ultimately decided to forgo telling you every single detail of...
Jan 28, 20164 min read
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The Many Colors of You.
Humans are complicated and life is messy. One of the many things we do to keep that theme running is miscommunicate, but before you can...
Nov 13, 20152 min read
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Acceptance & Independence
* I'm not sure of the exact date, but I remember the moment. The following post is a throwback, written within my first couple years of...
Nov 11, 20152 min read
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How To Be Self Rescuing
Step 1: Realize the cavalry isn't coming. ​​This may seem obvious, but first you have to realize no one else is going to rescue you....
Oct 28, 20151 min read
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Stuff & Things
I have more to say today than I can possibly get out. There’s so much in my head the thought of trying to convey it to you all seems...
Jul 18, 20152 min read
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The Importance of Knowing What You Don't Want
Everything good in my life is a result of infinite grace and the kind of wisdom you can only get from screwing stuff up the first time or...
Jul 8, 20153 min read
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