When COVID-19 started spreading from China to the United States in mid-February, I’ll be the first to admit was 100% unbothered by the prospect...
On Saturday, as I stretched on my living room floor, my one-year-old daughter, in her effort to participate, stepped on my neck. Her tiny...
Being a mother is never an easy job and will never be. But this generation of young moms has experienced it all in the...

The Human Connection

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It’s been weeks, no, months, since most of us have been close to humans other than our families. This is for a good reason,...
I’ve become a lot more, let’s say – passionate – about issues since becoming a mom and watching the world my kids are growing...
  I remember the first time I saw a picture of Ruth Bader Ginsburg in my fifth grade social studies book. You couldn't miss her...
I've been thinking lately, dreaming really, about the distant future. When my chest gets tight, when this all feels like too much, I think...
“I’m not political, so I don’t keep up with the news on those types of issues.”  When a colleague said this to me the other...
Election season is upon us, and School Board Elections are coming up in just a few short weeks. As November 8th draws closer, the...
Unpopular opinion: Quarantine hasn't been that hard on me. Please don't think I'm making light of Covid-19. I'm not. I am devastated by the loss...
It feels like hate is ripping through our country’s culture these days. Every person I know, in every walk of life, seems to be...
As I write this, the current administration is signing a flurry of sweeping executive orders with far-ranging consequences. But I’m not here to talk...
Today marks the 50th anniversary of the passage of Title IX. Federal law prohibits discrimination based on sex or gender in any educational institution...
On behalf of the state of Indiana (of which I actually have no authority,) I’d like to apologize to all public school teachers. Seriously,...

In + Around Indy

Twelve Local Dance Studios for Kids Around Indianapolis

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As someone who took ballet classes when I was a little girl, I get a lot of joy watching my six-year-old don ballet and...

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