Author Archives: sheswrite

Telling my story for One Billion Rising’s call to end violence against women and girls

Posted on by February 13, 2013

I remember the moment he slapped me. If I listen hard enough, I can still hear the ringing in my ears. We both just stared at each other, shocked that he’d actually hit me.

I’d never been hit before. I was never in any teenage catfights, nor school yard tussles at recess. Come to think of it, the last time I’d gotten hit was as a boundary-pushing kid and it came in the form of a spanking from my dad.

But here he was, my … Read more ...

Spongebob, Freddie Mercury and Facebook

Posted on by February 6, 2013

Hubby had a Facebook post that was so reflective of conversations in our house. See it below:

Logan: Dad, have you heard the song “We Will Rock You!”?

Dad: <Proud> Yes, definitely – that’s a great tune, Logan! How did you hear about that?

Logan: Dad, it’s by Spongebob, Squidward and Patrick, so it was on one of the cartoons I saw.

Freddie Mercury: <Spinning in Grave>

*sigh* I wonder what songs will appear on my grandchildren’s cartoons? Some how I just don’t see Flo … Read more ...

Alabama Standoff: All of us breathe a sigh of relief as boy is freed

Posted on by February 5, 2013

Some stories just grab you by the heartstrings and don’t let go. I can’t always predict which stories are going to immerse themselves in my thoughts. But when I heard about the boy in Alabama who had been snatched from his school bus, I knew this was one tale that would be woven into my daily life.

It began on Jan. 29, when Jimmy Lee Dykes approached a bus demanding two boys between the ages of 6 and 8. The bus driver, Charles Allen Poland, … Read more ...

Talking About Race With My Biracial 5-Year-Old

Posted on by January 21, 2013


It’s interesting being a parent of biracial children in that like with most things with motherhood, I’m fumbling around in the dark.

Digging through my 5-year-old’s backpack, I ran across a worksheet on Martin Luther King, Jr.  Curious, I asked him what he learned about King in school.

Martin Luther King, Jr.

Image from mattlemmon.

He told me that white people used to not let brown people do things and King made a lot of white people mad because he was helping the brown people.

Hmmm. Well, kinda.

Since … Read more ...

Now That’s A First ….

Posted on by January 20, 2013

*Since some of my readers had a hard time accessing my first storytelling piece. Here it is in its entirety.

Everyone remembers where they were that day. You know the day. THAT day. People were at work, getting ready for work, getting the kids ready for school. All in our usual morning routines on that particular September 11th.

At the time, I was a journalist for The Associated Press and hours after the towers fell, I was one of the four … Read more ...