Jessica Slice writes about disability, poems, and waterfowl
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Teeny tiny floppy ears
Summer in Ontario is beautiful. Instead of the unrelenting curtain of North Carolina humidity, we have crisp evenings and temperate mornings. Because…
Jun 29
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Recreation, Tradition, and Protection
Last weekend, while at the park near our house, Khalil picked up a ladybug, named it Spotty, and carried it home. On the way, he stopped at the flowers…
May 30
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narrow paths
Around 6:30 each morning, he opens the sliding door and screams into the backyard. Come to the yard, birds! It’s safe here. Please hurry! Whatever…
May 6
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I'll save the plastic goose story for another day
A big and grateful welcome to my new subscribers. I am so glad that you are here. I’d love to know a little bit about you if you want to message me on…
Apr 21
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Stubborn muzzles against the earth
The mergansers are back. And the golden eyes and the mallards. The swans visited a few weeks ago but the ice hadn’t melted yet, so they left. A bald…
Mar 29
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Deluxe Alien Queens
On Valentine’s Day, Khalil and I watched a couple of short films on Disney+. In Out, a gay man debates telling his parents about the man he loves. In…
Feb 27
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I'm a parent during Covid
Covid isn’t the only thing that has happened to me (to us) over the last two years. Life has continued to have hard and beautiful moments. Work and…
Jan 23
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Whatever what is
A text from David in late October: Bad news. Some of the rain is coming in the basement. It had been pouring and the wind was bending the trees…
Dec 30, 2021
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A baker's dozen of books
It’s so easy to think the way we’ve always thought. Patterns, trauma, and exhaustion can stagnate us. My favorite books this year are the ones that…
Dec 15, 2021
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Reparative kindness
Thank you, to all who have signed up for the newsletter after reading Modern Love. Welcome. I am so grateful that you are here. And to those who have…
Nov 21, 2021
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THIS IS HOW WE PLAY COMING 2023!!!!
We have a book coming out!! Just over a year ago, Caroline Cupp, a fellow disabled mama, messaged me and asked if I had any advice for where to find a…
Oct 14, 2021
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Tomato Stoplight
On Khalil’s seventh day of school, I bought my coffee outside and sat on the blue woven chair. The chair first sat on our deck in California and then on…
Sep 23, 2021
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