Two days until moving day! We take off on the 12th and there seems to be so much left to do, but we’re making good progress! We are so grateful to everyone who has helped spread the word, donate, and offer other kinds of support. We would be nowhere without you. One supporter was kind… Continue reading Two More Days
Hey everyone, I’m feeling pretty scattered in the process of trying to write updates across seven different platforms (Facebook/Twitter/Instagram/Patreon/Substack/GoFundMe/Blog), so I’m going to just post the same thing on all of them today. We leave the state in just 13 days – in the afternoon on the 12th of July – and we are stressed… Continue reading Limited Space for Keepsakes
It feels profoundly selfish to be constantly in need. It might seem helpful to make comparisons – there are people worse off, there are people better off. Yet the fact remains that each day contains necessity. We all need food and a place to sleep. People who’ve always had their basic needs met see wisdom… Continue reading Necessity and Hope
We are in the midst of a very busy time. I haven’t been updating much because my energy is primarily going toward physically demanding tasks. Ryan (now spelled with one “n” instead of two) and I have been dividing up the labor as evenly as possible. Because I’m more physically capable of doing things, he’s… Continue reading 30 Days Until We Move!
We are down to just six weeks before we leave! We are so grateful to the people who have donated to our campaign so far!
I’ve lost count of the number of times I’ve moved in my adult life. Part of poverty is housing instability, and that means lots of moving. I’m honestly so exhausted from moving over and over, and I’m dreading moving during another birthday for the second year in a row. But the fact remains that we… Continue reading Why do we have to move again?
When I was a young child, the most important aspect of my education was memorizing selections from the Christian bible.
“Don’t be a victim.” “You have a victim mentality.” “I’m not a victim.” “I’m not like a typical victim.” These statements are often normalized and seen as signs of strength and resilience. We don’t want to give our abusers so much credit as to define ourselves by what they did to us. However, these phrases… Continue reading Rethinking Victimhood
For the past several weeks, I’ve been re-entering the world of Duolingo. Since I first used the app about a decade ago, it has received a full makeover and many additional courses. It now includes math and music challenges, and I’ve been enjoying those a great deal. When you start a new course, the app… Continue reading How Harmful is Educational Neglect?
I didn’t know how to connect. I only knew what I was taught, and I was taught badly. Like a parrot in a cage, I learned the language of my captors. My parents kept me trapped inside a small world, and I only knew how to speak the way they taught me to. Dad was… Continue reading Parrot Performance
