Tag: Mom

When I was a senior in college, a local designer in Flagstaff, AZ, asked me to walk as a model in her fashion show for her design debut at the Shoes & Such boutique, which I’m thrilled to find out is still going strong for 21 years now! This was my first time being asked to “wal...

Blackness is moving in the world and entering spaces that do not belong to you. It is a quick scan and not being at all surprised to see only White faces. It is sitting down with an existential sensitivity to being both watched and ignored. Whiteness in these spaces is defined as more than melani...

At 60 years old, Mary Yoder had it all. She met her husband, 68-year-old Bill Yoder, in college in 1975. Together, they had three children and owned a locally-beloved chiropractic family care practice in Whitesboro, New York. Their business was successful, having been open for 28 years. Mary herself...

What we are witnessing with the overturn of Roe v. Wade is a direct reflection of the evidence-based gender bias & injustices that are present in the lower family courts throughout the U.S. (and throughout the globe) that deprive women and children of their basic human rights and right to live f...

Today, I’m going to share two of many Christmas memories about my late mom that I’ll hold dear in my heart for the rest of my life. My Mom never allowed my cerebral palsy to limit her vision of the man that I could become. Depending on your background or experience this time of year c...

My mom taught me that men were more important than women. No one was to eat until Dad ate. This was not a rule set forth by my father. It was told to us before he got home and we weren't to tell him that we had to wait until his plate was made before we could have dinner. There were six of...

I’m not the first mother who has, at one point or another, said, “I need help.” Well, I haven’t always just “said” this. I’m more likely to have grumbled, wailed, or screeched it. The generally apathetic response, both from individuals and society at larg...