A new classmate

“Students, please meet your newest classmate.” Snickers around the room. “Now now…please be kind. Our new classmate’s pronoun is “they/them” and while they may be a different voice than you are accustomed to, please welcome they. At MYX we have added a member to our cohorts. They doesn’t raise their hand nor speak unless asked …

Jacob’s “after”

He alludes to before and after too.  This is new.  I probably should be relieved. Jacob talks about cancer with emotion. That should be “e” word (expected) right?  Until recently the word cancer carried zero emotions. “That was when I had cancer,” Jacob would say to a teacher in class when referring to a past …