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Holler if You Hear Me: Facing the Stigma of My Invisible Disability

I have never shared this online before this week–mostly because I never saw a need to–but I live with permanent hearing loss. Doctors diagnosed me with hearing loss when I was about 9 years old. I may have said “huh?” too many times for my mother’s liking, and she took me to the doctor toContinue reading “Holler if You Hear Me: Facing the Stigma of My Invisible Disability”

Reckless Acts of Punctuation has MOVED!

Uh oh! Hi! If you’re looking for my old blog, Reckless Acts of Punctuation, it has moved, as of January 1, 2014. I am now writing reckless acts of punctuation at my new blog, TrulyTafakari.com. Join me over there for more discussion of the crazy collisions with life, race, and culture from an over-thinking nerd’sContinue reading “Reckless Acts of Punctuation has MOVED!”

5 Ways I Almost Ruined 2013 and 5 Ways I Rocked It

It’s the end of my first calendar year blogging, and that means of end-of-the-year lists. Yay! Apparently, this is a grand tradition throughout the blogosphere, and I’m never one to flout trad–wait, who am I kidding? I’m always questioning tradition or finding some way to do it differently. So, my spin on the usual recapContinue reading “5 Ways I Almost Ruined 2013 and 5 Ways I Rocked It”

Saying Goodbye to My Blog “Reckless Acts of Punctuation”

When I started this blog in May 2013, I envisioned it as a word nerd’s lair. Book reviews and adjectival clauses and discussions on Roland Barthes galore! And then I actually started writing the blog regularly. I quickly found that there are not enough words in my vocabulary to talk about writing topics ad infinitum.Continue reading “Saying Goodbye to My Blog “Reckless Acts of Punctuation””

Wading Through Grief One Tear at a Time

Last night I saw my grandmother in my dreams (she passed away on October 5, 2013). I had moved to a new home and stood watching a honey-toned, elderly woman rock on a porch swing across the street. She looks like Grandma…wait, no, that’s her sister! And when my dreamself realized that I had aContinue reading “Wading Through Grief One Tear at a Time”