Even though I’m a pretty open-minded and accepting man, I still have a long way to go.
The Family That Quarantines Together, Stays Together?
I can’t decide if the insane coup attempt and the record number of COVID deaths last week is just 2020’s horrible last, fetid dying breath or just the awakening roar of the beast that will be 2021.
I can’t decide if the insane coup attempt and the record number of COVID deaths last week is just 2020’s horrible last, fetid dying breath or just the awakening roar of the beast that will be 2021.
2021, Chapter One: A New Hope
Why give up on hope for the new year in place of realistic expectations? Because if we don’t think anything will change, it won’t.
Why give up on hope for the new year in place of realistic expectations? Because if we don’t think anything will change, it won’t.
Sandcastles
I remember our footprints, like a giant’s, around our little castle.
I remember our footprints, like a giant’s, around our little castle.
As the Teachers Fall, So Will We All
Our government and too many of our fellow Americans are levying this burden of keeping the country limping along onto our backs. Again.
Our government and too many of our fellow Americans are levying this burden of keeping the country limping along onto our backs. Again.
America, Who Do You Listen To?
One thing that Trump did for our country is show how much ignorance and hate is out there; while many people want to put that genie back in the bottle, maybe it’s time to address the problem instead of hiding it.
One thing Trump did for our country is show how much ignorance and hate is out there; while many people want to put that genie back in the bottle, maybe it’s time to address the problem instead of hiding it.
An Analogy for These Times
We must defend our country, even from itself, because we all depend on it.
We must defend our country, even from itself, because we all depend on it.
The Real Cost of Being Fat
As I’ve gotten to my middle age, a very unsettling pattern has become very evident to me: I’m losing time.
As I’ve gotten to my middle age, a very unsettling pattern has become very evident to me: I’m losing time.
Male Anger – A Moment in My Fatherhood and a Problem In Our Country
In a moment, one can end a relationship, change a life, destroy another, bring down a country.
In a moment, one can end a relationship, change a life, destroy another, bring down a country.
As I Come to Grips With My Whiteness, It Is Time for White People to Own Theirs
My name is Christian Curet, and I am not white. I am not Latino. I am an American, and I am asking you to help.
My name is Christian Curet, and I am not white. I am not Latino. I am an American, and I am asking you to help.
The Masks We Wear
I wear my mask of civility, of patience, of fear, all so I can ask for my life, please sir. I can’t breathe.
I wear my mask of civility, of patience, of fear, all so I can ask for my life, please sir. I can’t breathe.
I Used To…
I used to do many things until I couldn’t and now I can’t wait to not do them again.
I used to do many things until I couldn’t and now I can’t wait to not do them again.
Feeling Powerless, Angry, but Optimistic
I’m struggling with this pandemic, with its effects on our country and the world.
I’m struggling with this pandemic, with its effects on our country and the world.
The Dawn of Motherhood
Sometimes, seizing the day means staying the bed, and holding onto your children a little longer.
Sometimes, seizing the day means staying the bed, and holding onto your children a little longer.
Why I Still Teach, for Now
Or, "The Girl with the Paper Rose".
Or, “The Girl with the Paper Rose”.
The Absolute Hell of Raising a Strong Daughter
The absolute hell of it is that this world will break her, and my wife and I have to send her out into it.
The absolute hell of it is that this world will break her, and my wife and I have to send her out into it.