Jill and
Jill and
breakfast child dad forward looking name six weeks
Dad was really looking forward to being a grandfather for the first time. Six weeks before 9/11, I had breakfast with him, and I told him that we were going to name the child after him.
hair help high knew money normally saw school wait weeks
She normally does my hair and I saw the flier at Chillicothe High School and thought at least it will help out. I thought it was better to go now when I knew the money would be used to help than to wait two weeks for another hair cut.
boxes last number sent weekend
During the last weekend we went, we sent a number of boxes from Churchill,
barely car god hit racing stopped watching
Just then, a car was racing down the road, ... They barely stopped before they hit the U-Haul. God was watching over us.
ability felt honored
I felt honored to have the ability to do what we were doing,
books donated favorite proud
I was really proud of our daughters, ... My youngest, who is 3, donated her two favorite books and said she wanted a little one to have them.
civilized pay society wealthy
Taxes are what we pay for civilized society, for modernity, and for prosperity. The wealthy pay more because they have benefitted more.
femininity means trying
I've been writing about misogyny for 20 years and trying to understand what femininity means for my entire career.
femininity honored itself
Femininity in and of itself - and the feminine - can be not only privileged, but honored or worshipped.
ourselves outside step
It?s important for us all to step outside of ourselves and give to others.
eighteenth took
One thing that always frustrated me was that, while Benjamin Franklin's was the best-known face of the eighteenth century, no one ever took his sister's likeness.
realized tried
I was a little intimidated at first. But once we started playing, I realized I could play with them, so I just tried to do my best.
fitness maintain moderate months reach takes three
It typically takes about three months to reach a moderate fitness level, and then you just want to maintain that.
identities
I've always been really interested in how people's identities are shaped by where they come from and how they want to get away from where they come from.