Stories that hold trauma: Considering when/how to tell children

Stories that hold trauma: Considering when/how to tell children

by Sachi Feris I must have been around sixteen because my grandmother, Mary, died a few months after my seventeenth birthday. She was sitting at the far, right corner of the dining table, where my mom usually sat. More often,…

Writing for your children: Storytelling to support racial identity development

Writing for your children: Storytelling to support racial identity development

by Sachi Feris I hung on to my high school copy of “We Are the Stories We Tell” for years. From my earliest memories, the question, “Who Am I?” called to me, beginning a life-long process of considering my identity…