Sharing the gift of Exponent II
When I married my husband fourteen years ago, I was incredibly intimidated by my mother-in-law. It sounds ridiculous to those who know her, because she’s the kindest, meekest person that would give you the...
Category: Family
Happy Thanksgiving
Dear Exponent Readers, This has been a difficult month. Between political unrest and the anniversary of the Policy, it can be hard to feel grateful. Please know that many people are grateful for you,...
Book Review: The Mismatched Nativity by Merrilee Boyack
Book Review: The Mismatched Nativity, Written by Merrilee Boyack and Illustrated by Shawna J. C. Tenney. I’m really happy that I claimed the review for The Mismatched Nativity for myself. When the title came across...
Guest Post: Shattered
Shattered I took a picture of my daughter wielding a hammer, after I voted. (Though it was a week ago, not this historic night.) I wanted her to be listening for the sound of...
On Bad Leaders: Thoughts from the morning after
I was living in England and Scotland during the George W Bush years and his presidency reflected badly on Americans abroad. Eight years after the end of the GWB’s final term, we are still...
A Halloween Memory
When I was 10 or 11, my father declared that Halloween was too evil for us to celebrate. He forbade my mother from buying Halloween treats, and didn’t let my 5 siblings or me...
Hillary Clinton just talked about abortion rights at a Catholic college
Overwhelmingly, it is the deeply moral women of America who are deciding this election.
Princess Leia, the Gold Bikini, and Teaching Morality to my Kindergartner
Despite never having seen Return of the Jedi, my 5-year-old loves all things Star Wars. While perusing an “easy reader” from the library, he came across a photo of Princess Leia chained up to...
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