Kathleen Glasgow

And then you were in. Yeah. And you'll and now you'll keep trying. Even if you pick up a book and you say, but you're still going to go try to pick up another one, because once you find one that you really like, you can't stop. And so sometimes it takes years. And I tell other parents who's like, oh, my kids aren't readers. I don't know what to do. I'm like, they'll find it.

Yeah, they will. Just keep encouraging them. Because I have one who's a big reader and one who's not. But when she finds a book, she's, like, in it. Yeah. You just have to, like, keep trying.

Yeah, they will. Just keep encouraging them. Because I have one who's a big reader and one who's not. But when she finds a book, she's, like, in it. Yeah. You just have to, like, keep trying.

Yeah, they will. Just keep encouraging them. Because I have one who's a big reader and one who's not. But when she finds a book, she's, like, in it. Yeah. You just have to, like, keep trying.

Yeah. You just, you just keep trying, like, don't shame your kids for not being big readers or not being interested. Just keep like putting things in front of them or see what they're interested in. And, you know, just say one day you're going to find that book. Mm-hmm. And then you're going to be in it. Hook, line, and ticker. Yeah, hook, line, and ticker. So, Girl in Pieces.

Yeah. You just, you just keep trying, like, don't shame your kids for not being big readers or not being interested. Just keep like putting things in front of them or see what they're interested in. And, you know, just say one day you're going to find that book. Mm-hmm. And then you're going to be in it. Hook, line, and ticker. Yeah, hook, line, and ticker. So, Girl in Pieces.

Yeah. You just, you just keep trying, like, don't shame your kids for not being big readers or not being interested. Just keep like putting things in front of them or see what they're interested in. And, you know, just say one day you're going to find that book. Mm-hmm. And then you're going to be in it. Hook, line, and ticker. Yeah, hook, line, and ticker. So, Girl in Pieces.

I started out as a poet. And I was very happy doing that and being alone with my fingerless gloves and whatnot, like typing out my little poems and sending them off to literary magazines. And I liked the isolation that, to me, came with being a poet where you'd be quiet and really... you know, not too many people are going to read your poem. And that's great.

I started out as a poet. And I was very happy doing that and being alone with my fingerless gloves and whatnot, like typing out my little poems and sending them off to literary magazines. And I liked the isolation that, to me, came with being a poet where you'd be quiet and really... you know, not too many people are going to read your poem. And that's great.

I started out as a poet. And I was very happy doing that and being alone with my fingerless gloves and whatnot, like typing out my little poems and sending them off to literary magazines. And I liked the isolation that, to me, came with being a poet where you'd be quiet and really... you know, not too many people are going to read your poem. And that's great.

And then one day when I was on a bus in my late 20s going to my job at the University of Minnesota, this girl sat down next to me and her sleeves were pushed up and she was about 15 and she had fresh scars on her arm. And like that, did you ever have like those moments in life where you You see someone younger, and it, like, kind of blows you apart because you're like, wait, that was me. Mm-hmm.

And then one day when I was on a bus in my late 20s going to my job at the University of Minnesota, this girl sat down next to me and her sleeves were pushed up and she was about 15 and she had fresh scars on her arm. And like that, did you ever have like those moments in life where you You see someone younger, and it, like, kind of blows you apart because you're like, wait, that was me. Mm-hmm.

And then one day when I was on a bus in my late 20s going to my job at the University of Minnesota, this girl sat down next to me and her sleeves were pushed up and she was about 15 and she had fresh scars on her arm. And like that, did you ever have like those moments in life where you You see someone younger, and it, like, kind of blows you apart because you're like, wait, that was me. Mm-hmm.

And you really wish you could just tell them, if you hold on, it's going to be okay. Yes. Right? Mm-hmm. And that girl was me. I was like, that is what I was like at 15, like harming, in depression, drinking, doing drugs, doing anything I could to make myself disappear. And when she saw me looking, she pushed down like the sleeves of her jacket. shirt. And then she got off at the next stop.

And you really wish you could just tell them, if you hold on, it's going to be okay. Yes. Right? Mm-hmm. And that girl was me. I was like, that is what I was like at 15, like harming, in depression, drinking, doing drugs, doing anything I could to make myself disappear. And when she saw me looking, she pushed down like the sleeves of her jacket. shirt. And then she got off at the next stop.

And you really wish you could just tell them, if you hold on, it's going to be okay. Yes. Right? Mm-hmm. And that girl was me. I was like, that is what I was like at 15, like harming, in depression, drinking, doing drugs, doing anything I could to make myself disappear. And when she saw me looking, she pushed down like the sleeves of her jacket. shirt. And then she got off at the next stop.

And I should have said something to her. Like I told you, I should have said, it's going to be okay. Like, that's me. You and I are the same. We're in it together. We're a little army.

And I should have said something to her. Like I told you, I should have said, it's going to be okay. Like, that's me. You and I are the same. We're in it together. We're a little army.

And I should have said something to her. Like I told you, I should have said, it's going to be okay. Like, that's me. You and I are the same. We're in it together. We're a little army.

No, not at all. Yeah. And I couldn't stop thinking about her. And I thought about her for like weeks and weeks. And I kept like, like all the things that I had pushed down in myself in order to get to where I was like at that moment in my life. Seeing that girl made it all bubble to the surface.