Anything is possible. When you are working with young people with a difference (or even those without them), it is always important to have that idea in the back of your mind. …
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Guest Flaunts
Don’t Hide it, Flaunt It”¦until reading about Meg Zucker recently in Scholastic Parent & Child magazine, the thought had never seriously crossed my mind. If I were truly honest, I was more like,…
Okay, I admit it. I take a lot of “selfies.” You know, photos of myself using my phone. Well, not a ton, but probably more than your average working lesbian…
“If you’ve got it, flaunt it.”This is of course a famous song from the hit Broadway musical The Producers, and a song that has stuck with me for years since seeing the show.…
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My second child was born at 29 weeks. Robin was very tiny (2 pounds, 6-1/2 ounces) and almost transparent. Her tiny body had not had time to accumulate any fat. Our…
I grew up in Caracas, Venezuela. As a typical person that grows up in the capital of a Latino-American country, I, not only went to College in Caracas, but also lived at my…
I am the mother of a teenaged son with a difference. It is a difference that others can see, though my son was not born with it. More importantly, it is…
Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words”¦ We all know this little saying that we cried out to keep the playground bully at bay”¦ but is it true? Will words never…
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Everything I learned about presenting myself positively to the world I learned from my parents. My father, one of the smartest people I know, has always thrived on giving people factual information in…