: About Me

I am Calliope... I see words as little gemstones that I try to piece together into jewelry that can change lives. I have yet to succeed, but that doesn't stop the effort. My words can be pretentious or silly, poetic or even absent. I write for the intellectual in everyone as he is often overlooked. I write for the joy it gives me to feel thoughts humming behind my eyes and then to put them on the page the way they want to be there. Often times, I get very close, rather like a puzzle with a couple of pieces missing. When I can get them to line up in the way they are meant to be... for me, it is like staring into a magnificent painting. The words no longer have any relation to my thoughts or ideas; they have been born into their own future.

Outside of my active word-fantasy world, I am the mother to two amazing boys on the autistic spectrum. I am fortunate in that they have been blessed with the beauty of individuals who process their thoughts on their own terms and have been spared most of the debilitating aspects of the disorder. We live in the wilds of Central FL with our four felines and two canines. Does anyone else wonder why we have canine teeth but not feline teeth?

My passion is ...

social education, creating a more accepting world.

I know too much about ...

internet illness searches.

My parents always told me ...

friends may come and go, but sisters are forever.

My childhood ambition ...

to sing and act on Broadway... unfortunately, I cannot dance.

My first job ...

tying Grapes

Education > Education (Other) Should sexual identity be taught as a course in schools?

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Our children are learning how to identify with their sexual self from television, magazines, music and their friends. Many parents are uneasy with discussing sexuality or are unaware of the current need. There is a crisis looming in the United States today, as our children are learning about sex through popular culture. Make sexual identity an elective or a section in health class, but school is the only forum with enough access to the next generation and the capability to stave off this crisis. Our children must be taught to value themselves for their gender and sexuality. The discussion ...

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