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Back to School Series: Life for a Newbie Teacher

Someone should have told me that at 23, I'd be running a classroom on my own, and that I'd suck at it. Growth is a beautiful thing...

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July 2025

Back To School Series: "Surprise! You’re Hyperlexic!"

Imagine freaking out your grandmother by reading headstone names in a graveyard when you're only two years old. Because that's what I did.

Jul 30 •

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From the Lesbian Comedy Show to the County Fair - When The Short Haircut No Longer Works

When we wear our identifying markers, we expect people to just come correct... but in the Midwest, being a woman with a short haircut is no sign of what…

Jul 23 •

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Chosen Family: Seeing Others As You Aren't

In this world, there's a whole lotta hate going on. What happens when we choose to give unconditional love to those who are not our genetic family…

Jul 15 •

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Airboats, Lache Pas, and Cypress Trees: A Trip to Louisiana

Just when one thinks their childhood couldn't be more stereotypical, they find themselves in that one place that solidifies it... like an airboat.

Jul 7 •

pearl-de-lis: a blog

This is for all you folks who have said for years that I need to write a book - this is as good as it's gonna get.

Jul 2 •

pearl-de-lis: a blog

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