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“You’re Young. How Do You Foster Parent Teens?”

Many people have asked me “How do you do it?” Here’s my answer, with a bullet-pointed list!

Mar 27, 2024

“You’re Young. How Do You Foster Parent Teens?”

Mar 27, 2024

Neuro-Adversity: Ramblings of a Child Therapist

Children face adult adversity for their neurodiversity. Let’s do better.

Feb 24, 2024

Neuro-Adversity: Ramblings of a Child Therapist

Feb 24, 2024

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“Trauma-Informed,” a Poem by a Therapist

A poem about what “trauma-informed” should actually mean.

Feb 23, 2024

“Trauma-Informed,” a Poem by a Therapist

Feb 23, 2024

I Am A Home: A Charismatic Poem

I asked Spirit, “Why can I still utter Your words after all these years?”

Nov 11, 2021

I Am A Home: A Charismatic Poem

Nov 11, 2021

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A Lesbian Social Worker, I Found God In A Nursing Home

Communion as quiet queer resistance

Sep 23, 2021

A Lesbian Social Worker, I Found God In A Nursing Home

Sep 23, 2021

Queer Christian Lament: A Spoken Word

I wrote this in early 2019 and have presented it in-person before the pandemic. Although I’ve healed in many ways since this was written…

Sep 19, 2021

Queer Christian Lament: A Spoken Word

Sep 19, 2021

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A Very Gay Bible Poem

A gay love poem where all 52 lines reference — and link to — Bible verse(s).

Sep 16, 2021

A Very Gay Bible Poem

Sep 16, 2021

Evangelicals Love C.S. Lewis, But Only Because He’s Dead

It’s ironic. C.S. Lewis is lauded by evangelicals as a bastion of spiritual knowledge and wit — a most revered thinker of the Christian…

Feb 12, 2021

Evangelicals Love C.S. Lewis, But Only Because He’s Dead

Feb 12, 2021

An Open Letter to the Pentecostal and Charismatic Churches Who Will Never Accept Me, a Lesbian

An Open Letter To Pentecostals and Charismatics Who Will Never Accept Me, A Lesbian

Feb 7, 2021

An Open Letter to the Pentecostal and Charismatic Churches Who Will Never Accept Me, a Lesbian

Feb 7, 2021

Revival Is Here, A Poem

We prayed for revival with tear-stained cheeks and raised hands and hums of glossalalia

Jan 17, 2021

Revival Is Here, A Poem

Jan 17, 2021

Mel LK

Mel LK

Married lesbian leftist foster mom who loves Jesus. Incoming doctorate student with an LMSW. Book lover.

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