Just The Way We Are
by Kelly Wickham “Don’t step directly over the graves, mom,” my youngest warned me. “It’s earth. It’s ok. We’re not here to disturb,” I called over my shoulder. It’s Fall and I like taking pictures. Sometimes, Morgan comes with me and then I spot a graveyard. I am calm with him, calmer than I was […]
By Kelly Wickham Just before school ended I agreed to attend our 6th grade field trip to the City Museum in St. Louis. It’s the second time I’ve been on this trip and only missed last year due to last minute stuff, so I was looking forward to it again. Six Graders, or Sixers […]
Whatever it is that’s going on with me I am feeling braver by the minute. There’s power in writing and claiming words and beliefs. This started out as an homage to being a girl and figuring out how to be a woman and that goal is still there. I mentioned it on Twitter and promised […]
Dear Vicky, Your new swimwear sounds great! It’s always been a dream of mine to maximize my boob potential, so this is what I’ve been waiting for. With all your work in clothing design, I wonder if you have any engineers on staff? Do they help you come up with these ideas or just execute […]
I am just stubborn enough to refuse to make New Year’s Resolutions. Instead, I’ll call them “goals” or “aspirations” or “manifestos”. The more I think about declaring this, for myself, the Year of the Girl, the more I am dedicating to it. Everything starts out as a small idea, right? What that means for […]
Something happened this morning. I can’t really explain it, but I had spent the morning reading books, working on a proposal, and doing my social media for Little Pickle Press, and then I decided to check in on Twitter. Nothing big, really, and that’s not normal for me this time of day but I’m […]
The first welfare office I ever stepped in was in this one-story dark brown office building that was on the curve of a road that made it seem even more remote than it was. It was unmarked and so drab looking that it made me wonder if, in brighter daylight, it would somehow look more […]
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