Cancer knocked me down five and a half years ago but it did not define me, it changed me. I fully believe that you cannot go through such an event without coming away different. I call it my walk towards healing. I am healed,...
Read MoreI am a Project Junkie. With every project I have this voice in my head and a tap on my shoulder that is my constant remainder. The weird part is I am extremely creative, not suppose to have organizational skills. But …when my...
Read MoreAbove: The shade Brat Pack by Lipstick Queen Nominally, I’m an ex-Buddhist. Maybe it was that angle that appealed to the Plaid team to choose me to write for this column, i.e. “a contemporary perspective”. I have carried over...
Read MoreA strong predictor of an offender’s success in the criminal justice system is the support they have from others. One of the saddest things I have heard as a probation officer is that I am an offender’s best friend. Can you...
Read MorePart of me feels like I shouldn’t be writing about this topic at all because you already know the truth of what I’m about to say. Yet, I found myself explaining this truth to a few individuals since last we chatted and for me...
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