Hello and welcome!
I’m Meredith, a full-time teacher and full-time mom taking on a 365-day writing challenge. And the stakes are high!
Recent Posts
If you’re new here, scroll down for my latest posts or check out The Rules.
Perspective on My Birthday, by an Adoptee
The only thought I had after my birthday this year was: I survived.
In-Conversation Event
Read about and watch my conversation with award-winning author Andrea Wang as we launch her new middle grade book Summer at Squee.
Searching For Adoptee Voices in Picture Books
My article on Diversebookfinder.org, Searching for Adoptee Voices in Picture Books, was published in January 2023!
Updates!
My Op-Ed in The Philadelphia Inquirer! (And other updates!)
Day 366: Coda
SO! If you want to start your own 365 day, 365 hour challenge . . .
Day 365: The Case for 365 Hours
One year ago today, I woke up extra early, picked up a pen and took a step toward who, what and how I wanted to be.
Day 352: Trust the ...
In terms of my 365 day challenge, time is very short. With exactly two weeks left in my challenge, I will have to do two hours per day for the next two weeks.
Day 319: Hour 302
Update: I am on Day 319 of my 365 day challenge, and I have written for 302 hours in the past year!
Day 289: The Bitch-Mom Manifesto
It’s Labor Day and I am quiet quitting all unwanted social and emotional labor
Day 288: Broken
A poem, dedicated to The Global Pandemic.
Day 284: On Revelations
An ekphrastic poem I wrote after Revelations, the breathtaking 1960 ballet by Alvin Ailey.
Day 263: Meredith—and Other White Girl Names
If you’re reading this, I fear you may have the wrong impression of me.
Day 259: Readjustment Trauma
For me, this readjustment trauma continues.
Day 235: 36
On this day, three years ago, my friend Mike turned 36.
Day 234: Down But Not Out
And in having all this luxurious free time, I have started writing again in earnest.
Cannot Reach it Yet, by Ashley Bryan
An ekphrastic writing based on the painting Cannot Reach it Yet by Ashely Bryan
Day 232: Mommy Summer Camp
I want to live in a world
beyond goals
He Died on the 4th of July
My adoptive grandfather was a good man.
Day 164: Knesset.
For those of us not in the dominant culture at work or in our houses of worship, the experience of gathering is often as fraught as it is joyful.
Day Something: Covid-19, ‘20, ‘21
The masks are off.
The Family Meeting Handbook
COMING SOON!!!
Tired of the madness of day-to-day family life? What if one hour per week could revolutionize how your family operates and communicates — and make your children more competent and compassionate to boot?
Enter: The Family Meeting!
With The Family Meeting Handbook, let me show you how!
