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As the temperatures dipped below freezing in Chicago, my family and I braved the cold…
It’s a Wednesday afternoon. Sunlight rolls through the back windows into the classroom. The city…
As a professional contemporary dancer, I’m a master of falling so it is ironic that…
I. Suspicion A few years ago I was approached by a coworker from another department…
As I mark a new age, I imagine what I’d tell myself thirteen years ago…
As we approach the Fourth of July, I find myself reflecting on another, lesser-known celebration:…
I. Before, in October This is usually how I convince my body to fall asleep:…
Community Does It is a non-profit organization that applies Community-Based Participatory Action Research methods (CBPAR)…
It was a hell-hot southwest Louisiana day. I had just left the investment property my…
Studies say there are five love language types in the world: words of affirmation, acts…
XinYi, originally from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, moved to Dallas, Texas at the age of 7,…
“He was late for school again. He still behaved like a 10-year-old.” I overheard my…
It used to be funny all the squirrel paraphernalia we received as gifts—Welcome to the…
It was the spring of 1978, I had just finished kindergarten and our family went…
