Leadership Lessons from Lizzo
I hate managing people. I would rather feast on creative solitude in my jungle apartment than manage people. However, God
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April 28, 2022
Essays
Breakfast as an Act of Love
When I first heard this was Hot Breakfast Month, because if the way my mind works, I thought of “bow-chicka-bow-bow” with
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February 28, 2022
It’s Okay to Like Things
I like liking things. I find joy in life’s ordinary pleasures. For instance, I love parting the curtains in the morning to
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January 29, 2022
Mei
The woman next door had a grandson I watched grow from kinder-person to tween through my bedroom window. We formed a
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December 10, 2021
My Body, My Own
I want to stop buying things. I woke up at 4:37 a.m. this morning despite taking enough medicine to put a 350-pound wrestler
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September 28, 2021
Piano, Music, and Identity
My father bought a grand piano when I was 2 years old and my sister was 5 because he believed that there would be beautiful
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September 23, 2021
Who Do You Think You Are?
I waited more than six weeks for the test results. Using a few swabs from inside my cheek, researchers at African Ancestry
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June 27, 2021
Getting Caught Reading – A Lifelong Pursuit
I learned to read early. By early, I mean before I was four years old, I was able to read picture books and had started to
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May 26, 2021
Bringing a Sack Lunch and Other Rebellions
Photo by Matt Moloney on Unsplash May 25th is National Brown-Bag-It Day, according to the people who make ridiculous calendar
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May 25, 2021
The Story of How Guam Got Its Shape
Guam, the southernmost island of the Mariana Islands, looks as though large bites were taken from either side. It is wide at
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May 18, 2021
