Readers, Today is the last regular post on this blog. I must step back from my posts for now due to an increase in professional responsibilities. I’m grateful to have had this blog, especially during the pandemic, because it allowed me to do something that could help others using my library and writing skills. I …
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Kids Can’t “Self Care” Their Way Out of This
“Kids are resilient.” If you’re like me, you’ve come to cringe every time you hear that statement. It now ranks up there with the words and phrases “unprecedented,” “new normal,” and “out of an abundance of caution.” Thanks to COVID, I’m done hearing these phrases, and I’m done allowing everyone to brush off every trauma …
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Death is certain, so don’t ignore it. Plan for it.
Benjamin Franklin once told us the only two certainties in life are death and taxes. Despite death being certain, we ignore it. We try our hardest not to think about it, and we try our hardest to prevent it. We deny its existence until it is inevitable rather than confront the reality and plan for …
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Christina J. Steffy 