People of Asian descent in the United States need our help right now. Hate crimes against Asian Americans, Pacific Islanders, and other Asians in our country have been skyrocketing since early 2020–and those are just the ones that get reported or caught on camera. I have always found it easier to be genuinely helpful when […]

⚠️ Content warning ⚠️ Mention of violence against Black children. Links shared here use the full, unedited name of the popular carnival game mentioned, and give frank descriptions of how it was played. The following tweet and versions of it have been making some rounds on social media again: “Did you know: In the early […]

The following has worked for me in two regards: It helps me increase the chances that I am reading/believing factual news, information, and stories across social media. It also helps me see what people who are NOT reading media outlets that focus on facts are reading/believing. Different people have different methods, but here’s what I’ve […]

Being a parent is always tricky. 2020 made it even more so. And 2021 has started off with yet another kick in the teeth.   While I cannot begin to tell the wide variety of parents who read my words on social media which choices to make for each of your individual kids on most […]

Friends and family text me all the time asking for advice on which book to buy certain people in their lives. It only made sense for me to whip up a list here for those of you who WANT to buy books as gifts but can’t possibly know every book out there. Since I’m helping […]

Please do not gather for a Thanksgiving meal with loved ones who live outside of your home or daily-ish bubble this year. (And this goes for all the other holidays this season, as well.) I miss my big extended family so much, too. Haven’t been in a room with any of them since at least […]

We don’t want to think about it, but we need to. If your tweens and teens have phones, I encourage you to add some Emergency Contacts. Not just the neighbors whose houses they can pop over if they lock themselves out, or Grandma to come pick them up from practice in a pinch. I mean […]

Instead of posting a tidy quote this Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, I’m asking fellow white folks to join me in taking the time to listen, learn, watch, and read what his words were all about–even if it makes us uncomfortable, especially if it makes us uncomfortable–then use that information to be the kind of […]

I’m okay and you’re okay. We’re all doing okay and that’s what matters.