How I Went Vegan and Stayed Vegan - My Personal Vegan Story, with Lots of Tips

How I Went Vegan and Stayed Vegan

With the right support and planning, veganism can be a delicious, rewarding part of your life.

Published in One Table, One World on Medium.

Vegan smoothie bowl by Arcelia Kent of EburgVeg (used with permission)

I Read an LGBTQ Book to a Room Full of Preschoolers: Heather Has Two Mommies

I Read an LGBTQ Book to a Room Full of Preschoolers

All children deserve stories about all kinds of families.

Published in Home Sweet Home on Medium.

“Celebration of Inclusivity” Painting and Photo by Steve Johnson on Unsplash

I Am Not a Host Body, and They Are Not Pro-Life

Republicans want to control our bodies by controlling the narrative.

Published in Fearless She Wrote on Medium.

Photo by Toni Oprea on Unsplash

I Want to Love You Like the Night We Met

After 10 years, how do we grow together, and not apart?

Published in P. S. I Love You on Medium.

Holding out my hand to you, my love. Photo by JoelValve on Unsplash

This Vegan Wants You to Be a Flexitarian

A do-what-you-can approach, from someone who’s gone all-in.

Published in One Table, One World on Medium.

Photo by Edgar Castrejon on Unsplash

The Dangerous Idea That Art Can Be Good or Bad - Losing our Artistic Innocence

The Dangerous Idea That Art Can Be Good or Bad

My daughter was 2-and-a-half when she lost her artistic innocence.

Published in Home Sweet Home on Medium.

Photo by Dani Aláez on Unsplash

Let's Celebrate a Man Who Actually Made Things Right - Brian Floca and the new, inclusive edition of Moonshot

Let’s Celebrate a Man Who Actually Made Things Right

Brian Floca’s new edition of children’s book Moonshot adds gender-inclusive words and pictures.

I wrote to the author and told him "men men men" wasn't good enough. It actually worked.

Published in Fearless She Wrote on Medium.

Astronaut Sculpture Photo by Jonas Verstuyft on Unsplash

Finding True Happiness, in a Laundry Bucket in Thailand

Are you missing that vital connection to nature?

Published in The Ascent on Medium.

Khao Sok National Park Photo by Marcin Kaliński on Unsplash

How To Help Kids Love Their Bodies

Nearly half of 3- to 6-year-old girls worry about being fat.

Published in Fearless She Wrote on Medium.

Your Self-Love Gives Your Kids Self-Love! Photo by Dion Almuena on Unsplash

Mama, Are We Going to Live Forever?

An atheist’s guide to teaching children about death

Published in Home Sweet Home on Medium.

How do you teach death without Heaven? Photo by Steinar Engeland on Unsplash

If You Add Up All Your Writing, Will it Equal a Novel?

Am I writing The Great American Novel, one 5-minute read at a time?

 Published in 1-One-Infinity on Medium.

Photo by Kira auf der Heide on Unsplash

Bra Shopping with My Motherless Mom

I wrote this for P. S. I Love You's Mothers' Day Time Travel Prompt.

Photo by João Silas on Unsplash

Please Don’t Let ‘Urine Therapy’ Be the Next Big Health Trend

No, drinking pee won’t cure cancer or anything else.

Published in One Table, One World on Medium.

That’s probably not pee. Photo by Elevate on Unsplash

Did Y’all Know Human Parts Is Open for Submissions?

I read their submission guidelines, submitted, and they’re publishing my writing!

This is a big deal for me!

Published in 1-One-Infinity on Medium.

Photo by Alexander Zavala on Unsplash

Sex is Revolutionary, in This Online World

Are we really more connected that ever?

Published in P. S. I Love You on Medium.

¡Viva la revolución! Photo by Matheus Ferrero on Unsplash

How Do Single Parents Do It?

I parented solo for 5 whole days, and it broke me.

Published in Home Sweet Home on Medium.

Photo by Naomi August on Unsplash

Medium Gave Me the Courage to Share My Writing: 1000 Followers!

Medium Gave Me the Courage to Share My Writing

Celebrating my first 1,000 followers on Medium

Published in The Ascent on Medium.

Photo by Noah Buscher on Unsplash

I Found Self Love Through Plastic Surgery: DDD to B+

I Found Self Love Through Plastic Surgery

DDD to B+: My breast reduction surgery story

My debut piece for Fearless She Wrote, a new feminist publication on Medium.
I opted not to use personal photos in the Medium piece, but here's a picture of me, healing from the surgery:

Healing from breast reduction surgery, 20 years old.

Does Game of Thrones Have One Last Surprise?

Theories about the final “Holy s— t moment”

Published in 1-One-Infinity on Medium

Press Photos from HBO - Bran and the Night King