Ella Shawn
Words, Intentions, and Love Letters
How would you feel if you opened the mailbox and found an envelope with your name and address in handwriting you easily recognize? When you open it and pull out the folded pieces of...
Is Your Life Ready for a Plot Twist?
You've been reading the most amazing book and so far, you feel fairly confident you know what's going on with the plot and the characters. Not that the storyline is boring, or you can...
A Lesson Before Buying :: Mom, Can I Have a Guinea Pig for Christmas?
"Mommy?! Daddy?! May I have a guinea pig for Christmas? I promise to take care of it and you won't have to do anything at all...I pinky-promise!"
Parents. When your beautiful little girl or boy...
It’s Time to Wake Up, Sleeping Beauty :: Living with KLS
We all have our favorite Disney princess stories. I always loved Beauty and the Beast because Belle loved books almost as much as I did, and who wouldn't want to be the girl to...
Carly and Mitchell :: The Complicated Relationship Between the Bully and the Victim
Wow! I can't believe we've come to the last installment of this bullying series. Over the course of the last two weeks, I have endeavored to differentiate between bullying and conflict/confrontation, explore how a...
The Bully :: A Special Breed of Child
In my last article, I wanted to give a solid foundation of what bullying is and what it isn't. I discussed the difference between bullying and conflict/confrontation, and how social expectations of male behavior...
Boys Will Be Boys… Until They Become Bullies
The children line up at the front of the room in preparation for the daily march to the cafeteria for lunch. They are excited and eager to eat and socialize with their friends. In...
Facing My Greatest Fear :: What If We Don’t Know How to Be Us...
Since you went away the days grow long
And soon I'll hear old winter's song
But I miss you most of all my darling
When autumn leaves start to fall
~Jacques Prévert
For some reason during this time of...
Senior Year Spiral :: The Joy in the Road Less Traveled
I shall be telling this with a sigh Somewhere ages and ages hence: Two roads diverged in a wood, and I— I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the...