I lost my friend, my literary agent, and my religion in a few weeks. I was at a loss as to where my book would land…
Tag: Education
Teach Our Children Jobs
As I write this, more than 10 full-time home health care positions exist within a mile of my location and there is no one to fill them.
Luered to TikTok for Advocacy
It was only days after my official autism diagnosis that I felt compelled to download and install an app I … More
Contrasts of a Confection
During my poetry class, we were given an assignment to write two contrasting poems about the same substance. One of … More
Three Years With A Home
In spite of the fact I was living with no running water and only the sparsely-available electricity of a small solar panel in a fifth-wheel I called ‘home’ with a husband as temporary as the broken-down RV, I applied to Southern New Hampshire University…
Awareness
The day after my 51st birthday at 6:19 pm, I was sitting at my dining room table contemplating what I … More
A Home of My Own
A couple of days ago I signed the first rental lease I have signed in over 15 years. I was … More
No Longer Unfinished
Thirty-one years ago I went to college. As I have previously written, I did not finish either that time or … More
Continuing My Education
For the last six months I struggled with the decision whether to continue into a graduate program or to be … More
Making Our Mark
In North Carolina, I was met with the proof of a fact that I had no way of knowing when … More
Maggie Slighte 