By Terri Schlichenmeyer, The Bookworm Sez Your friends follow what you have to say. Whether on social media or otherwise, they listen to you and understand,...
I know what you’re thinking. You’ve said that before, to a furrowed brow, a mischievous smile, a child who’s about to do something sneaky. ...
You really can’t remember. For sure, something important happened years ago, something you should recall very easily, but time’s made things fuzzy. Have...
By Terri Schlichenmeyer The Bookworm Sez Somebody passed you a plate of cookies. It was the holidays so, of course, you had to take one....
Your favorite toy came apart yesterday. That’s okay, though; it snapped right back together. It’s made to come apart, in fact; it’s one of those...
The color of your parents’ refrigerator is…. um, white. You can’t remember exactly because it’s covered in artwork: your school projects, your sister’s drawings, your...
The fix won’t be quick. It never is. There’s no magic wand to change the things that have been on your mind lately: social issues,...
Charges dropped. You were surprised, but not surprised. Hopeful that it might be different, but only barely. You know that these days, the...
By Maya Chung, NBC News “Bad Hair Does Not Exist!” is a new bilingual book that encourages young Black, Afro-Latina, and multi-racial girls to...
Your family is filled with people to whom you look up. There’s Grandpa, who served in the war. Grandma, who raised many children with little...
Some days, it seems as though you have superpowers. That must be the explanation for being unseen. That’s why there are days when nobody looks...
Your last family reunion was a big one. It was fun, too, and eye opening. You hadn’t really stopped to think about how many...
Special to the Post U.S. Comptroller General Gene Dodaro may be running into troubles, along with ousted former DEA head Michelle Leonhart, over allegations that...
Thirteen long, interesting years. Imagine: more than 115 months of your life spent with your hiney under a school desk. That’s a lot, but now...
The path to something important is never straight. You may take that first step forward… then backward, decide one way, then another, changing your...
Last years’ swimsuit is way too small for you now. You’ve outgrown most of your summer clothes, in fact, and you’ve given them away; you...
Starting a business is not for the faint of heart. It takes brains and guts enough to step out of a comfort zone. It requires...
Sometimes, you feel like a boiling pot. That’s because you’ve been cooking a story up and it bubbles and rolls just below the surface of...
Sometimes, you have to choose sides. Republican or Democrat? For something, or against it? Grateful for what you have or irritated by what you don’t?...
It was enough to make any kid fearful for his life. It was that look your mama gave you – the one you got when...
You’re tired of having red eyes. You’re tired of crying, too; tired of an empty soul, runny nose, and dry mouth but you know there...
Nighttime is absolutely your favorite time. Some people choose to hang out with friends after dark. Some go to movies, listen to music, or just go...
Where do you go from here? You’ve been looking at your life and everything around you, and that’s the question you’ve been asking: what next? What...
It’s supposed to go like this: You are born, you grow up, graduate from high school, then college. You fall in love, get married, have two-point-five...
Oh, how you hate to lose! You hate it so much, in fact, that it’s not really an option: you’ll do anything and work hardest...