(This post is part of what led to both my Do Better project, and my narrative nonfiction short “I Shouldn’t Exist?” )

So, why bother: Why work and walk, when being who you were born still hurts?   1994 Baltimore, when I had finally secured the protection of a job at Space Telescope Science Institute, and was trying to make friends with co-workers, and forget my origins: “There are people here who will not want someone who looks […]

Mindful Mondays, using past pain, and Adulting as racial sensitivity work — Inspiring Critical Thinking and Community via Books, Lessons, and Story