A rawr for Rara
With my littlest one on my chest and my iPad in hand, I’d like to tell you a little about a blogger named Rara. I met her only once. Her candid but peaceable demeanor set even my introverted self at...
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With Rara in orange and Dave in the middle I met Rara and her husband, Dave, a week before my second son was born. Rara went to prison a couple of weeks later. Innocence doesn’t pay attorney fees. —...
View ArticleYou are capable of changing them
My five-year-old suddenly became quiet during our playtime yesterday morning. After a few minutes, I asked if anything was wrong. “I’m sad your friend has to go back to prison,” he told me. “Oh,...
View ArticleBeyond prison walls
When I close my eyes, I see Rara’s trembling arms as we stand and talk at her husband’s memorial. I feel the Correctional Officer’s presence over my shoulder. The officer is quiet and soft spoken, and...
View ArticleHow to help Rara
There’s this blogger whose words I’ve missed greatly while she’s been imprisoned the last year or so. Rara has been especially prominent in my heart since I saw her at her husband’s memorial a week and...
View ArticleThat Rara is loved
“Rara gets out of prison in a few weeks!” I reminded my husband last night. He pondered this briefly. “That means I should write her now, huh? So you can send my letter with yours?” “Yep.” He sat down...
View Article#RawrLove
After fifteen months behind bars, Rara steps–or has already stepped–through the gate to freedom and mamasaur hugs today. Her husband won’t be there to meet her, but she will be surrounded by love...
View ArticleJoyously, chapstick: a sonder file
There’s this guy named Matt. He and my favorite dino, Rarasaur, knew each other well before I knew either of them. But then, as fate or the heavens or God or happenstance (or all of them put together)...
View ArticleThat Rara is loved
“Rara gets out of prison in a few weeks!” I reminded my husband last night. He pondered this briefly. “That means I should write her now, huh? So you can send my letter with yours?” “Yep.” He sat down...
View ArticleThe grace and joy of “for”
I’ve had such a monumental heart-shift recently, it may well take me weeks or months to articulate it. It will almost certainly take thousands of words. At its core is for: the difference between being...
View ArticleDinosaurs, bomb bracelets, and safety pins
Today’s post is brought to you by dinosaurs, bomb bracelets, and safety pins. If these things sound random to you, that’s only because you didn’t spend three hours at a coffee shop with Rarasaur and me...
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