“Words mean more than what is set down on paper. It takes the human voice to infuse them with shades of deeper meaning.” ~Maya Angelou I am surrounded by an ongoing debate about words. Whether or not to, what does it mean, who can use that word, how do we write policy around using that […]
Archive for November, 2013
Shades of Meaning or Shady Meanings?
Posted: 17th November 2013 by admin in BlogTags: #LGBT youth, adolescent development, binary, identity, queer, self-image, self-respect
0
Conveniently Unconscious
Posted: 10th November 2013 by admin in BlogTags: grief, healing, loss, love
Less than a month ago, in the midst of planning for my agency’s gala, I reached out to a youth who had attended the previous year to see if she’d be able to join us again. Less than a month ago, she responded that she and her mom would be thrilled to attend. Three weeks […]
New Traditions
Posted: 3rd November 2013 by admin in BlogTags: ACOA, drugs, grief, healing, loss, mental health, traditions, yahrzeit candle
Over the last ten years, I have picked up a few traditions from my fabulous spouse and our kids, who happen to be Jewish. A couple of years ago, I was so proud of myself that I could remember the words for lighting the Hanukkah candles in Hebrew, which I do not speak, that it […]