May 2017 – Kari Kopnick

Muddy Dust on the Windshield

I drove to San Diego yesterday, roughly a three hour round trip during a quiet weekday. The sky was clear blue and the sweeping turns with nothing but ocean in view made me smile, right there, alone in my car. The podcasts I chose for the drive were about resilience and connection: two things thatContinue reading “Muddy Dust on the Windshield”

Hello? Hello? Is Anyone THERE?

I can only imagine what it was like. A new and loud device was installed in the house. It had it’s own table maybe with a beautiful lace doily, just to brighten it up or maybe it was on the wall–you know, with those early adopters. The young people in the home were excited. ButContinue reading “Hello? Hello? Is Anyone THERE?”

The White Mamas

Middle aged, middle class, white woman from the midwest. Biggest demographic group around, right? Right. Except for one thing. No one in my world understands what it is like to be white and have children who are not white, not really, no one but other white mamas of brown babies. When my husband finally stoppedContinue reading “The White Mamas”