At the beginning of each new year, I consider my favorite poets, writers, poems,
and stories. They provide ways to claim a voice yet to be discovered. I write
about this in an essay, 'Doorways to Our Childhood Selves.' After we published
this essay last year, I was deeply touched to hear from many of you who had
written to me to share your own relationship to stories and how they continue to
impact your lives. I loved hearing from early childhood educators just beginning
in the classroom to veteran high school teachers and college professors. Each
one agreed that 'all good stories require something from us.'
Read Cleary Vaughan-Lee's essay here.
