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Covid-19
Who am I today?
Grateful
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Will not rest
White Privilege
No one noticed
If only
Despite

Dec 23, 2020

African Society and Achievement

By Josiah Ikpe — As much as I tell a story about how relegated Africa is, I also have to tell the story of how she inspires us to spread and

Dec 4, 2020

Many Things

By Robert Knox — I am grateful for the nurse who told me her name and who then asked me to tell her my birthdate, which I managed, and

Nov 22, 2020

Words Attached to Action

By Jennifer A. Minotti, Editor-in-Chief — I continue to encourage you to use your words in whatever way(s) feel safe, appropriate and

Nov 16, 2020

Nice People

By Philip Vassallo — One day, she’ll be on her way, driving a bit too fast, when from the car seat in the back, her child will say,

Sep 4, 2020

She Calls Me "DD"

By Debra Dolan — I find myself in a whole new world, awakening to what really matters—supporting children and families in our society.

Aug 17, 2020

Helping Hand

By Michele Sorensen — In these days and times, with so much sadness and fear going around, I like to take a few minutes every day

Jun 19, 2020

The Patrick Hutchinson Photo

By Carol Keegan — Who are you, Patrick Hutchinson? How did your personal code of morality become so richly complex?

Jun 8, 2020

Grateful in the Time of COVID

By Linda McCauley Freeman — I am grateful for the pause, the time we have asked for all our adult lives for nowhere to

May 16, 2020

A Tchaikovsky Waltz Calling Me

By Yash Seyedbagheri — I am grateful for the stillness of evening, when lights snake through the pines and over

May 13, 2020

Night

By Elizabeth Craig-Olins — Canada is a small place for me. It’s not the vast country that hovers north of the entire

Apr 30, 2020

Shoebox

By Abrielle — I was only a few days old when I was found on the front steps of a busy building in Yongzhou

Apr 22, 2020

Idioms of Time

By Kathy Washburn — I am grateful for a new relationship with time. For the first time in my adult life, I do not feel as

Apr 17, 2020

Swaddling Love

By Claudia Ricci, Ph.D. — I am grateful today for this poem, which is kind of an experiment. You might call it

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