adolescence

Bullets are for Gangstas – Episode 4? 5? Something.

by JW Moxie on March 22, 2012 · 9 comments

in (Not So) Dangerous Minds, Bullets Are for Gangstas, FAMILY, Frankly Speaking, I'M JUST SAYIN', Infertility, On Writing, Outsmarting Infertility, Sort-of, The Minions

I had a helluva day at work today. It was the kind of day in which I wish that I could save some of these kids from themselves, and then I feel sad because I know that I can’t. Only they have the power to save themselves. I just hope that they realize this before [...]

Tagged as: adolescence, cancer sucks, gangsta, poop humor, teaching, the Minions, The Sads, writing

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Love: A Letter to My Daughter

by JW Moxie on March 14, 2012 · 7 comments

in Baby ART, FAMILY, Flashback, Infertility, On Writing, Outsmarting Infertility, Sort-of, The Minions, Worth a thousand words

I am working on the second of my posts about the upheaval in the Adoption, Loss, and Infertility community. In the first, I discussed emotional infertility and then posed some questions about how it may have affected the type of support you sought in the infertility community. The comments on that post are some of [...]

Tagged as: adolescence, Aiming Low, blogging, Miss Unlimited, parenting, the Minions, writing

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Miss Unlimited

by JW Moxie on October 6, 2011 · 11 comments

in FAMILY, Mommy Lady, On Writing

As I shared with you a couple of weeks ago, I’m one of several new writers at Aiming Low. If you have no idea what Aiming Low is, you can’t be in my posse anymore until you click over and check it out. It’s where all the cool kids are. Or, at least it’s where [...]

Tagged as: adolescence, Aiming Low, Miss Unlimited, teaching, writing

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Adolescence: In Which Parenting Gets Scary

by JW Moxie on October 4, 2011 · 29 comments

in FAMILY, The Minions, Worth a thousand words

Thank you for sending along birthday wishes to my sweet girl. How is it that they grow so quickly? Just yesterday Kyra and Jaiden were born. Now they’re ten and are barreling towards the end of their elementary school careers. Next year, they’ll be up at the middle school with me, albeit a couple of halls [...]