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Jennifer Wolfe July 5, 2017 Leave a Comment

You’re Adulting Now: Thoughts On Love For My 21-Year-Old Daughter

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Jennifer Wolfe, a writer-teacher-mom, is dedicated to finding the extraordinary in the ordinary moments of life by thinking deeply, loving fiercely, and teaching audaciously. Read her stories on her blog, mamawolfe at jenniferwolfe.net.

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Do you know about the state of STEM in U.S. schools? - July 20, 2017
I Don’t Want To Live A Small Life: Poetry by Mary Oliver - July 12, 2017
Why Safe Prom Transportation Matters - July 8, 2017

I don’t want to go, but I know I can’t stay either. You see, you’re adulting now. You don’t need me in the way I thought you did, or that you used to. I made a party for you last night. I felt like my own mother – hovering a little from the sidelines, content to […]

Jennifer Wolfe April 26, 2017 Leave a Comment

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Do you know about the state of STEM in U.S. schools? - July 20, 2017
I Don’t Want To Live A Small Life: Poetry by Mary Oliver - July 12, 2017
Why Safe Prom Transportation Matters - July 8, 2017

Paying attention requires no equipment, no special clothes, no greens fees or personal trainers. You do not even have to be in particularly good shape. All you need is a body on this earth, willing to notice where it is, trusting that even something as small as a hazelnut can become an altar in this […]

Jennifer Wolfe February 8, 2017 4 Comments

What I Can Do Right Now: Spread Love

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Do you know about the state of STEM in U.S. schools? - July 20, 2017
I Don’t Want To Live A Small Life: Poetry by Mary Oliver - July 12, 2017
Why Safe Prom Transportation Matters - July 8, 2017

Spread love everywhere you go: first of all in your own home. Give love to your children, to your wife or husband, to a next door neighbor… Let no one ever come to you without leaving better and happier. Be the living expression of God’s kindness; kindness in your face, kindness in your eyes, kindness […]

Jennifer Wolfe January 25, 2017 Leave a Comment

Determined To Do Less

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Do you know about the state of STEM in U.S. schools? - July 20, 2017
I Don’t Want To Live A Small Life: Poetry by Mary Oliver - July 12, 2017
Why Safe Prom Transportation Matters - July 8, 2017

This year, I am determined to be more unproductive. My goal is to do less and less – to move slower and slower until everything stops. I and the whole world will come to a sweet and silent stillness. And in this stillness, a great shout of joy will arise. We will all be free […]

Jennifer Wolfe January 22, 2017 2 Comments

This Is What Democracy Looks Like

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Do you know about the state of STEM in U.S. schools? - July 20, 2017
I Don’t Want To Live A Small Life: Poetry by Mary Oliver - July 12, 2017
Why Safe Prom Transportation Matters - July 8, 2017

On January 21, 2017, I joined over 20,000-plus other like-minded souls at the California State Capitol for the Women’s March On Sacramento. I wasn’t prepared for the enormity of the event; I had no idea that when I left, I would feel so energized, so heard, or so replete with joy. This is what democracy […]