Silence

It makes sense that after talking to eight year olds all day that I wouldn't want to continue vocalizing, come end of day. But what is quite inexplicable is that I cannot find the words that have been squashed back for another time - the words whose time and place is not an elementary classroom…

Families

I find I'm afraid of being around families, I think. Good families, bad families, close families, crazy families, distant families, loving families. Big families, small families. I've been around a lot of families and many have made me feel more than welcome in their homes and lives. I've been privy to some of the most…