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I Cried Today at Work

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I cried today at work. On two different people. In many companies, that's pretty much career suicide. Yelling at people? Not great, not a dealbreaker. Crying on people? Better to throw up on them. But both crying and yelling show a loss of control, so what's the big deal with crying at work?  Read more >

The God Box: Making Your Faith Real

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We here at BlogHer were so inspired by Mary Lou Quinlan's latest book, The God Box. In the book, Mary Lou describes finding the boxes her mother used to store prayer requests and thanks after her mother's death, a veritable history of her mother's psyche. It's true sometimes we all need a place to put our challenges and our hopes -- just to get them out of our heads so we can focus on the present. Have you ever wanted a God Box? Now we have one that can go anywhere.  Read more >

Putting Wishes in the God Box With Mary Lou Quinlan

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Author Mary Lou Quinlan's mother wrote down her prayers and put them into a God Box. Mary Lou and her brother had no idea how often, though -- when their mother died they found not one, not two but many God Boxes filled with loving wishes for family and friends. I got the chance to talk to Mary Lou about this book and the God Box Project.  Read more >

White Babies No Longer Majority: Why Are Schools Not More Diverse?

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This week the Washington Post noted for the first time in American history, white babies are no longer the majority born in the United States.  Read more >

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Full Name
Rita Arens
Member Since
February 2006
About Me: 

Rita Arens authors Surrender, Dorothy and Surrender, Dorothy: Reviews. She is BlogHer.com's senior editor. 

Her parenting anthology and BlogHer's first book, Sleep is for the Weak was published by Chicago Review Press in September 2008 and won a 2009 gold NAPPA.

She lives with her husband and daughter in Kansas City. She has a BA in communications studies from the University of Iowa and a MA in English/professional writing from the University of Missouri - Kansas City. Follow Rita on Twitter.

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