Writing Samples

Published Features, Columns and Essays

Many of my freelance features, homeschool columns and personal essays are archived on various publications’ websites. Please contact me for additional samples or specific topics.

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Baltimore’s Child

BCCover0810Each month, Baltimore’s Child distributes 50,000 copies to parents in Baltimore City, N. Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Carroll, Cecil, Harford and Howard Counties in Central Maryland. Please Click Here to read my August 2010 Teen column, “Teen Dating Violence.” If you’d like to check out my “Homeschool of Though” column, Click Here to search the archives.

Scouting Magazine

Planting the Seeds for A Legacy of Service

Otter Point Creek had turned the color of chocolate milk.

Photographs By Walter CalahanBut three days of April showers hadn’t muddied Boy Scout Troop 810’s enthusiasm for their spring service project. The location was the Anita C. Leight Estuary Center (ACLEC) in Abingdon, Md., north of Baltimore.

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More.com

How Mothering Changed Me

swing1“How would you like me to cut your grandson’s hair?,” came the question, innocently enough. Before I could respond, Morgan hopped up into the barber’s chair and announced, “That’s not my grandma. That’s my mom.”

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