I keep having to write these posts. Just after I started this blog, just over 5 years and 2 months ago, my nephew, who was 7 at the time, went to school at Sandy Hook School in Newtown, Connecticut, on what was supposed to be a normal school day. It was not. He came home […]
Month: February 2018
The Courage to Speak Our Most Difficult Truths
Sometimes it’s hard to talk about the truth, and even harder to speak about our own truths. This week, the courage to teach the truth about slavery struck me as I read an article in The Atlantic by Melinda D. Anderson on “What Kids Are Really Learning About Slavery”. In the article, Anderson discusses the findings of […]