Johnna LaFaith
Bio
MOTHER + WOMAN + HUMAN
I'm a 33 year old, homeschooling mother of 3 and an English Major living in Ohio. I love literature, photography, painting, hiking and developing ways of fostering creative, sensitive growth in my children and myself.
Stories (2/0)
Life and Loss
I loved you in a way that only another woman who's had a best friend, at that age, can. I loved you like a sister, like we'd be best friends forever. I saw past the things that made others dislike you. I wanted to see you win in life. We were weird together, happy together, kept each others secrets and made promises we thought we'd take to the grave. There were times, after high school, that you and I lost touch. Babies have a way of doing that, so do boyfriends — bad and good — marriages, and geographical distance didn't help. But when other things in life failed we found our way back.
By Johnna LaFaith7 years ago in Humans
Raising Girls, Raising Boys
I'm a mother. I have two girls that I am bent on NOT letting fall for the same bullshit I did. I will not watch them devalue themselves or shoulder the weight of a sexist America. I will encourage their self-awareness and their belief in themselves. I will foster their creativity and willingness to try. They will be soft and strong and see in a spectrum. Convicted, careful, beautiful, and smart. They can be whole people, accomplished and tolerant without being doormats. They will be better than me. They will be better than this mindset, running rampant over my generation and those before.
By Johnna LaFaith7 years ago in Viva
