I used to be a classroom teacher. One of my favorite things to do was present my class of eight-year-olds with ideas and then let them make their own connections. In some cases––like math class––they would make connections and we’d have to keep solving the problem to get to an answer that worked. In other […]
When Deconstruction is the New D-Word
by on February 5, 2020 Leave a Comment
I didn’t know the divorce rate for friendships going in. I thought when you said “best friends,” you meant “forever.” Like a blood pact without the blood. My glittery puffy stickers from third grade said so, as did my half a locket buried in a box. Friendships were supposed to last through it all. I […]
I’ll Bring the Rum Cake
by on January 22, 2020 Leave a Comment
for H & K & Z I have to brake hard at the light, and my right arm shoots out to the seat beside me. I’m not protecting a person, or even a particularly breakable item. It’s a cake. Wrapped in foil, teetering precariously on the seat. My quick reflexes hold it in place. I […]
When You Are Practicing
by on January 15, 2020 Leave a Comment
I started a yoga practice in January. I am sure I am not the only one. I am doing an at home practice that I found on YouTube and y’all, I am not good at it. I think you could say I might even be bad at it. I lose my balance. I lose my […]
We Have Big News: Leah Abraham Takes on Role as Editor-in-Chief of SheLoves
by on January 13, 2020 Leave a Comment
(Scroll down for video interview with Leah + Idelette) Decolonize. This is the word we heard so clearly during a SheLoves Leadership Retreat at the beginning of 2019. What would it mean for SheLoves to decolonize, we wondered. That day, sitting around the table with many of the SheLoves leaders, was not the first time I heard the […]
