When written in Chinese, the word “crisis” is composed of two characters. One represents danger and the other represents opportunity. – John F. Kennedy Several years ago, after a series of unfortunate events, I found myself laid out sick on the couch. Weak, pale, and wearing my favorite feel sorry for myself sweatpants, I was nauseous, unable to eat and anemic. Within a very short period of time, … [Read more...]
Evolution of a Summer
Originally published in the Lavender Lens, July 2010 Good judgment comes from experience, and often experience comes from bad judgment. – Rita Mae Brown I awake late one Saturday morning with a heavy head, slightly hungover and having missed a long run with my running group. A smooth, melodic voice-over memory from a piece of kid’s math software I worked on flashes into my memory: “Do you … [Read more...]
Breakup Makeover
Article originally published in Miracle Makeover in the Lavender Lens July 2010. For the past hour, I have been sitting on my wood living room floor, legs splayed about to make room for the bookcase pieces I’m attempting to combine. I stare numbly at the half-put together jumble of particleboard and Swedish instructions in front of me, realizing that half the shelves are facing forward, and … [Read more...]
5 lessons the worst relationship I ever had taught me about red flags
It happened one leisurely Sunday. My girlfriend at the time and I had spent the day at the spa, a peace offering for an ongoing argument. We were joking around and then, just like that. She punched me in the arm. In that moment, it was as if all the drama and struggle of our relationship and every relationship over the past 15 years of dating culminated into the throbbing in my arm. Perhaps it was … [Read more...]
Where we are now: old school style dating
Below is an excerpt on old school style dating, or how we've dated up to this point as lesbians, from my book. I use it as a starting point in my book about a different way to date as women. Enjoy! KB I began my career as a teacher, and during one conference workshop I attended on science education, I heard something profound that has stuck with me over the past 17 years. The facilitator was … [Read more...]
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