“It’s not fraud if you’re married,” the policeman said apologetically. As I registered his words, the enormity of what I was facing became clear. My ex-husband and I first established a household together in our late teens. We came together with nothing. We opened up joint accounts and scrupulously managed every dime that came inContinue reading “Marital Fraud”
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When Am I Ever Gonna Use This?
“When am I ever gonna use this?” As an eighth-grade algebra teacher, I hear this refrain at least once a week. It’s a difficult question to answer. I mean, when is the last time that your employer asked you to factor a polynomial or prove two polygons congruent? The truth is that most of usContinue reading “When Am I Ever Gonna Use This?”
How to Become a Huffington Post Blogger
In the last few weeks, I have been receiving quite a few inquiries about how I started blogging for the Huffington Post. The short answer? It was a combination of daily work and luck. Here are my tips for those of you who are interested in getting your writing out on the big stage: 1)Continue reading “How to Become a Huffington Post Blogger”
When Can I Call Myself a Writer?
Labels are such interesting little buggers. Those simple words, either self-applied or applied by others that seem to form our self-concept and either expand or limit how we see ourselves. I recently had someone refer to me as a writer. It gave me pause, as I have not thought of myself that way. Until myContinue reading “When Can I Call Myself a Writer?”