One of the nice things about having a blog is that it provides a way to salute people and projects I admire. "Nancy's Bookshelf" at North State Public Radio in California has two interviews with my friend Denise Minor about her two books--first, one about her scholarly book on being a language teacher, and about 25 minutes forward, a later interview about her memoir No Screaming Jelly Beans: Trying to Pursue a Career while Raising a Son with Autism.
Denise is an inspiring person. She was a journalist and Spanish teacher when we met through a mutual friend, and we were members of the same writing group for many years. Meanwhile, she got married, had two boys, began her PhD studies at UC Davis, and discovered that her younger son was autistic.
Denise and her husband have put tremendous effort into their parenting of both boys, but even so she managed to complete her PhD in Spanish Linguistics and is now a professor at Chico State.
Whenever people tell me I accomplish a lot, I'm very much aware that it is people like Denise who are really much more impressive as regards productivity.
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