“My dad always used to say that our story isn’t a story of trauma. We have trauma in our history, in our lives, in our family. But really our story is a story of resiliency and a story of cultural reconnection and a story of love. I feel like that will help people understand what... Continue Reading →
Earth Day: Resources to Foster Environmental Literacy
"Climate change makes all of our social ills worse. It speeds up or strengthens the bad effects of wars, racism, inequality, domestic violence, and lack of health care. What if, instead, it sped up or strengthened the forces that are working for peace, economic fairness, and social justice?" ~~ Naomi Klein, 2021, How To Change... Continue Reading →
Lisa’s Book List #4: War, Peace and Remembrance — Books to Help Young People Understand History
They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.At the going down of the sun and in the morning,We will remember them. ~ Ode of Remembrance from the poem, For The Fallen, Laurence Binyon, 1914 The National War Memorial in Ottawa, Ontario, at night.... Continue Reading →
Lisa’s Book List #3: YA novels about Mental Health
"Stop hiding in the darkness,step out into the light.The sky is filled with all these stars,so come and kiss the night. Infinity is waiting,calling you by name.The world is yours for the taking,so take it just the same."~ Kyler's song lyrics, in L.D. Crichton's novel, All Our Broken Pieces These latest YA novels cover a... Continue Reading →
Lisa’s Book List #1: Books to Help Your Children Thrive at a New School
"You have to figure out how to feel at home, how to fit in, and how to be yourself. You may feel out of place, or uncertain sometimes. There's a chance you may also be curious -- and even a little excited -- about what's ahead. You're not the only person to deal with these... Continue Reading →
Theories of Evolution, Ways of Being
“It’s okay not to want to get married ... It’s okay not to want romantic partners at all. It’s okay to want romance without sex, or sex without romance. And it’s okay to want neither ... And when I say okay, I mean good. There are so many good ways to be in this world.”... Continue Reading →
Every Day and For Always
“I am a drifter, and as lonely as that can be, it is also remarkably freeing. I will never define myself in terms of anyone else. I will never feel the pressure of peers or the burden of parental expectation. I can view everyone as pieces of a whole, and focus on the whole, not... Continue Reading →
