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Naomi Raquel

Seedling to Sunflower

Today my son — my only child — is 14 years old.

Dec 1

Seedling to Sunflower

Dec 1

A Kind of Prayer

“A vote is a kind of prayer for the world we desire for ourselves and for our children.”

Oct 26

A Kind of Prayer

Oct 26

Miracles

On October 11, 2011, my beloved father was hospitalized with complications from Stage 4 pancreatic cancer in what would become the…

Oct 11

Miracles

Oct 11

Presence

For Rosh Hashanah, my 13-year-old son and I met my mother for lunch, to honor my father and Jewish ancestors.

Oct 7

Presence

Oct 7

Assume Nothing

As the biological, brown-skinned mother of a son presumed to be white — and as an antiracist educator and writer — I found the Cover…

Sep 12

Assume Nothing

Sep 12

In Tandem, Always

I have often said that my son is being raised in the shadow of grief.

Sep 6

In Tandem, Always

Sep 6

Milestones

This coming year is a big deal for our society — whether we will evolve or devolve — but it is also a big year for my family.

Jul 31

Milestones

Jul 31

Magic and Drudgery

Today is Father’s Day — my 13th as a fatherless daughter. The last Father’s Day my father was alive was in 2011, when my son, his first…

Jun 16

Magic and Drudgery

Jun 16

The Sun Continues to Turn

May 18

The Sun Continues to Turn

May 18

Immortality

Apr 11

Immortality

Apr 11

Naomi Raquel

Naomi Raquel

Bilingual. New Yorker. Multiethnic. Change Agent. Author of “Strength of Soul” (2Leaf Press; University of Chicago Press, April 2019)

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