It has taken me a painstakingly long time to write this, but it has laid too heavy on my heart not to share, so here goes. Last year, my team and I witnessed a white manager (WM) repeatedly discriminate against our former Black manager (BM): speaking ill of her; excluding her from key meetings; […]
Mom Guilt and Coping as a Parent
This is a post in a series of reflections during the COVID-19 pandemic. To read other reflections, please go to the Pandemic Reflections page. What has this pandemic been like as a mother of a young family? Uno, Katelyn, Jaclyn, Evelyn, and I are all healthy and safe; and Uno and I are fortunate to […]
Reflections on the Young Families Retreat
We really appreciated our time at the Young Families Retreat because we really began building and nurturing the so-called village that will help us raise our daughter and her peers. Parenting needs to be a reflective and intentional process now more than ever so we appreciated the opportunity to consider the character traits we hope […]