What Loving My Adopted Daughter Taught Me About Racism

Both Americans AND Chinese people said such rude, thoughtless things to us. I heard a comment that made me wince while driving my daughter (who is adopted from China) and her friend to an afterschool activity the other day: “Chinese people are always smart and good at math.” This is a compliment, right? The words…

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7 Strategies To Get Your Teen To Listen To You (FINALLY!)

Getting kids to listen may be the hardest thing you’ll ever do. From the time they can walk, they want to be like us, and as they approach adolescence, it’s only right they’re moving toward owning their power and independence. Combine that with raging hormones, stress, or just plain “feeling different,” and you’ve got an…

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7 Tips to Make Your Writing Sing

  You simply sit down at the typewriter, open your veins, and bleed.” —  Sports writer Red Smith The only people who think writing is easy are those who have never tried it. And people who think all writers are rich mustn’t know any writers. So why do people do it? Because they have no…

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INCONGRUENT: Reflection of my inner journey

Welcome to my blog, Ground One! Ground Zero :  Function:  noun; Date:  1946 ~ 1: the point directly above, below, or at which a nuclear explosion occurs; 2: the center or origin of rapid, intense, or violent activity or change; 3: the very beginning . Ground One:  Function: verb; Date: 2008 ~ 1: to create a new beginning from an ending, starting from the ground up; 2: to…

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