Barbara Buckner Suárez, Author at Barbara Buckner Suárez

A Mother’s Outrage

by Barbara Buckner Suárez | activism, disparity, racism

If you’re a white mother reading the headlines or watching Minneapolis burn and you’re not outraged, ask yourself one question: Why not? On this blog I’ve established that I’m not someone who cries very often: a couple of times a year, perhaps; on the other side of...

Dear Mom & Dad…

by Barbara Buckner Suárez | COVID-19, support

Recently, I’ve had some thoughtful conversations with parents of young children under the COVID-19 quarantine and I feel moved to try and capture some of the particular challenges they’re experiencing. My offer is to be a go-between in communicating what they might...

Right Words – Right Time?

by Barbara Buckner Suárez | COVID-19

March 13th was the last time I hugged someone who wasn’t my husband or one of my four children. I’ve had exactly four safe social distancing hangouts with people who don’t live with me. For an “etremeovert” like me (extreme extrovert) these are not happy times, ya’ll....

New Normal

by Barbara Buckner Suárez | 4th trimester, new normal

How long is this going to take??? Every one of us around the world has been asked to isolate ourselves in our homes for an unspecified amount of time and figure out what our new normal looks like. I’ve been writing about the 4th Trimester and the idea of a new normal...

Pandemic Parenting

by Barbara Buckner Suárez | parenting, vulnerability

UPDATE: Just a quick note to add that things have changed SO much since I posted this blog! My salsa-dancing 20 year-old was placed in curfew in Puerto Rico and we worried that she wasn’t going to get back to the states! Thankfully, she’s made it to...