regular contributor at MomsLA.com

previously blogged at Wendy’s Weekly Words

“Flowering,” Gardening Zine, April 2024

“When Your Body Rebels With Chronic Illness,” The Mighty, April 2024

“There Is No Magic Wand,” YooCan Do Anything, April 2024

“It Feels Like…,” The Mersey Review, Issue 2, March 2024

“Mochas and Me,” Still Point Arts Quarterly, Spring 2024

“One Foot In Front of the Other,” HerStry, February 2024

“Chronic Illness, Chronic Pain, and Gold Stars,” Chronic Poetics, February 2024

“Invisible Forces at Work,” The Covid Logs, January 2024

“Prime-Time or Off-Peak? Life with Chronic Illness at Midlife,” Midstory Magazine, November 2023

“A Safe Space,” Wishbone Words, Issue 11, August 2023

“An Unplanned Path,” Cosmic Daffodil Journal: NATURA, August 2023

“Every Day Resilience,” Fahmidan Journal, Issue 15: Thyroid and Autoimmune Warriors, May 2023

“Teacher: One Who Loves,” HerStry, April 2023

“It’s Not the Final Answer,” Please See Me: Issue #12 – Diagnosis, December 2022

“A Lesson I Didn’t Want to Teach,” Moms Don’t Have Time To Write, July 2022

“My Son’s Optimism For the Future Continues to Amaze Me,” Moms Don’t Have Time to Write, April 2022

“13 Ways Writing is Easier Than My Autoimmune Disease,” The Mighty, February 2022

“Dismissals and Rejections – Of Symptoms and Submissions,” Spoonie Authors Network, February 2022

“5 Awesome Books and Movies (and the Food That Goes With Them) to Enjoy During Your Kids’ Winter Break,” Moms Don’t Have Time to Write, December 2021

“Singing Out Loud Helps Ease My Chronic Pain (At the Risk of Embarrassing My Son)“, Moms Don’t Have Time to Write, November 2021

“A Love Letter to Ryan,” published in A Love Letter (Or Poem) To…, November 2021

“5 Ways to Ensure Your Kids Don’t Forget Everything They Learned in School While On Winter Break,” Moms Don’t Have Time to Write, November 2021

“I’m Proud My Son Said He Didn’t Miss Me,” Moms Don’t Have Time to Write, October 2021

“In Possession of the Enough Stuff,” SFWP Quarterly Special Issue 26, Summer 2021

“Lost and Found,” Breath and Shadow, Summer 2021

“A Soft Strength,” HerStry, June 2021

“Lessons Learned,”  MUTHA Magazine, May 2021

“Still My Hands,” Ang(st) Issue V/May 2021

“How My Autoimmune Disease Is Like an Octopus,” The Mighty, May 2021

“The Rita Wilson Songs That Helps Me Deal With My Chronic Illness,” The Mighty, March 2021

“Chronic Illness and an Octopus,” YouTube interview, March 2021

“Deserving of the ‘Good Paper‘,” Sasee Magazine, March 2021

“More Than Just a Walk” (finalist in  Non-fiction category for Pen 2 Paper 2020 competition)

“An Unexpected Gift,” published in Chicken Soup for the Soul: Making “Me Time,” February 2021

“Raising Obama Babies and Kamala Kids,” Motherwell Magazine, February 2021

“Consequences,” The Sun – Readers Write, February 2021

“What I Really Mean When I Say ‘My Leg Kinda Hurts‘,” The Mighty, January 2021

“8 Things Doctors Can Learn From Teachers,” The Mighty, December 2020

“12 Things Distance-Learning Lacks,” BLUNT Moms, December 2020

“There Is No Shame in Life With Chronic Illness,” The Mighty, December 2020

“Yes, You Can Wear Jewelry and Be in Pain at the Same Time,” The Mighty, December 2020

“When My Greatest Fears About My Pain Became My Temporary Reality,” The Mighty, November 2020

“It’s Not All in the Family,” Breath and Shadow, Fall 2020

“Could I?, Should I?, Would I?,” Amsterdam Quarterly Issue 29, September 2020

“Questions Without Answers,” ChronicallyLit, September 2020

“A Painful Reminder,” Kaleidoscope Magazine Number 81: A Season of Hope, Summer/Fall 2020

“When My Son’s Pediatrician Said ‘Walking Isn’t Exercise’,” The Mighty, September 2020

“Our End-of-Summer L.A. Field Trips,” L.A. Parent, August 2020

“The Article I Wish I’d Read After My Undifferentiated Connective Tissue Disease Diagnosis,” The Mighty, August 2020

“Yes, Walking Is Exercise,” Motherwell Magazine, July 2020

“Chronic Contradictions” published in The Things We Don’t Say: An Anthology of Chronic Illness Truths, June 2020

“7 Unexpected Things I Taught My Kid During Homeschooling,” Motherwell Magazine, June 2020

“My Confessions as The Mother of a Biracial Son,” Motherwell Magazine, June 2020

“How Teachers Help Make Mother’s Day Special,”  Motherwell Magazine, May 2020

“Why I’m Dressing Up While the World Is Shut Down,”  The Mighty, April 2020

“A Costco-Sized Sample Taste,” Motherwell Magazine, April 2020

“Because of Ryan” Please See Me: Issue #4 – Hope, March 2020

“It’s Me” Ailment – Chronicles of Illness Narratives: Volume I, March 2020

“What It’s Like to Feel Constant Guilt With an Invisible Disability” The Mighty, January 2020

“Planting the Seed”  Mothers Always Write, December 2019

“A Timeless Gift” published in Chicken Soup for the Soul: It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas, October 2019

“Why My Rare Condition Puts Me in a Complicated Relationship With My Legs” The Mighty, October 2019

“10 Family Traditions and Celebrations to Show Love” Mother’s Day Magazine, September 2019

“My Slow and Steady Path Forward With an Invisible Disability” The Mighty, September 2019

“12 Date Night Ideas to Enjoy at Home”  Mother’s Day Magazine, August 2019

“The A to Z List of Verbs Teachers and Students Practice Daily” iTeach,  July 2019

“10 Tips and Tricks for Moms Living with Invisible Disabilities”  Mother’s Day Magazine, July 2019

“Why I Broke Up With My Fitbit”  The Mighty, July 2019

“Why ‘Invisibility’ Is Not a Superpower When It Comes to Illness”  The Mighty, May 2019

“Why I’m Not Changing My Diet as Someone With Autoimmune Disease”  The Mighty, January 2019

“Choosing Peace Over Peas”    Parents.com, November 2018

“With Autoimmune Disease, There Are More ‘Self-‘ Practices Than Just Self-Care”  The Mighty, November 2018

“Bartering for Health”   Breath and Shadow, Fall 2018

“Mommy Has a ‘Boo-Boo Leg’: Talking to My Son About My Autoimmune Disease” (finalist in Non-fiction category for Pen 2 Paper 2018 competition)

“I Never Planned To Be a SAHM – To Be Honest, I’m Still Adjusting”  Mother.ly, September 2018

“Why My Son Doesn’t Need ‘Enrichment’ Classes”  Role Reboot, September 2018

“The Hard Realities I’ve Faced After My Doctor Told Me, ‘You’re Just Weird‘”  The Mighty, August 2018

“Why Our Family Doesn’t Allow Toy Guns”  (reprint)  Huffington Post,  November 2017 cited in “Does Playing With Toy Guns Lead to Later Acts of Gun Violence?”  HowStuffWorks – Health, June 2018

“The Words I Use to Describe Life With an Autoimmune Disease”   The Mighty, May 2018

“When Dismay About My Illness Keeps Me Stuck in a ‘Winter-Like’ Mindset”     The Mighty, April 2018

“My Life as an Undercover Disabled Woman”          The Mighty, March 2018

“The ‘Waiting Game’: How My Husband and I Pass the Time in Doctors’ Offices”      The Mighty, March 2018

“How Dating My Husband Has Changed Since I Became Chronically Ill”      The Mighty, February 2018

“Why I Can’t ‘Wear My Scar’ With Pride”    The Mighty, January 2018

“In the Middle”      Parent.co,  December 2017

“Why Our Family Doesn’t Allow Toy Guns”  (reprint)  Huffington Post,  November 2017

“Why Our Family Doesn’t Allow Toy Guns”      MUTHA Magazine,   October 2017

“10 Life Lessons I Taught My Kindergarten Students That Also Apply to Chronic Illness”
The Mighty, October 2017

“How My Identity Has Been Affected by the Changes in My Hands Due to Illness”   The Mighty,  October 2017

“My Son Is Already Becoming My Caretaker – And It’s Both Heartbreaking and Inspiring”    Mother.ly,   August 2017

“A Love Letter to Teaching”   Role Reboot, August 2017

“Living By the Rules of My Son’s Playground Game”    Parent.co, June 2017

“I Am”    Breath and Shadow,  April 2017

“Being ‘White’ ”    The MOON  Magazine, April 2017

“We Hear You Dr. King – We Still Dream Your Dream” Mamalode,   March 2017

“Want to Let Go of Your ‘Plan’? Become a Mother”     Mother.ly,   March 2017

“Why I’m Teaching My Third Grader About Harassment”   Role Reboot,   March 2017

“Searching for the Right Words” (finalist in Non-fiction category for Pen 2 Paper 2016 competition)

“‘Dark White’: How My Mixed-Race Son Sees Himself”        Role Reboot,  September 2016

“On September 11, 2001 We Made Handprints of Hope”     Mamalode,  September 2016

“The Hitting Stage” published in So Glad They Told Me: Women Get Real About Motherhood, August 2016

“This Is What ‘Mindfulness’ Looks Like to Me”   Role Reboot, August 2016

“My Sister, The Tomato Lover” published in Tomato Slices,    June 2016

“Can Acknowledging My Weakness Actually Be a Sign of Strength?”      MUTHA Magazine, May 2016

“Dear Ryan, You Are the Best of Me”       Mamalode     May 2016

“A Blue-Jeans Type of Marriage” published in Everything I Need to Know About Love I Learned From Pop Songs, February 2016

“7 Reasons Why My Son Is Smarter Than I Was At His Age”        Role Reboot, January 2016

“Seven Lessons I’m Learning From the Ocean”                    Breath and Shadow, Winter 2016

“Why I Don’t Hang a Disabled Person Placard in My Car”      Role Reboot, December 2015

“The ‘A’ Word: Wendy Kennar on Parenting with an Invisible Disability”   MUTHA Magazine, November 2015

“Just Supporting A Detail That My Son is of Mixed-Race”    Brain,Child Magazine, October 2015

“It Happened To Me: Chronic Pain is Destroying My Sex Life”    XOJane, October 2015

“A Life of Passion”     Mamalode, July 2015

“Why Boys Shouldn’t Be Allowed to be ‘Just Boys‘ ”   Role Reboot, July 2015

“When a Stranger Told Me I Needed to Have a Second Child”  Role Reboot, June 2015

“Teaching My Son What I Need to Learn”        Mamalode, June 2015

“Why I’m Not on Facebook”    Role Reboot, June 2015

“The Alphabetical Prescription for Living with a Chronic Medical Condition”    Breath and Shadow, Winter 2015

“Idealizing Sisterhood”  published in Sisters Born, Sisters Found , 2015

“The A to Z List of Being a Woman” published in Think Pink Issue #1, January 2015

“Through the Good and the Not So Good” published in Pentimento Magazine, Winter 2014-2015

“Abled”  (finalist in Non-fiction category for Pen 2 Paper 2014 competition)

“The A to Z List of My Childhood Memories”  published in The Grey Wolfe Storybook, 2014

“Here and There”    Breath and Shadow, Summer 2014

“The A to Z List of Boys”   The MOON Magazine, May 2014

“The A to Z List of Being a Grown-Up”  published in Being a Grown-Up: A User’s Manual for the Real World, March 2014

“My A to Z Lists”  published in How Writing Can Get You Through Tough Times… No Experience Necessary,   February 2014

“A Boundless Love Contained in a Single ZIP Code”    L.A. Affairs, Los Angeles Times, January 2014

“I Remember”    The MOON Magazine,  December 2013

“Zero the Hero” published in Ka-Pow!, November 2013

“From Disabled to Enabled” published in Write for Light, 2013

“Do What You Need to Do” published in Lessons From My Parents, 2013

“The A to Z List of My Disease”   The Barefoot Review,   Winter 2012

“Celebrating the Times (The Good, The Big, The Small)”  Familius, December 2012

“Mrs. Kennar’s Kinara”    Divine Caroline, December 2012

“13 Lessons About Marriage”  Divine Caroline, November 2012

“6 Things My Toddler Son Taught Me About Driving”   Work It, Mom, 2011

“5 Things I Wish Every Parent Knew Before Sending Their Child to Kindergarten” published in Beyond the Diaper Bag!, 2007

“The Science of Dandelion Wishes”    United Teacher, December 2007

“The A to Zs of Teaching”    United Teacher, May 2007

“Hang Up and Listen”    United Teacher, April 2006

“Learning Life Lessons”  published in GreenPrints,  Winter 2005-2006

“My School for Simple Wives-to-be”  Christian Science Monitor, May 10, 2005

“Too Often, Teachers Extinguish a Student’s Spark”   Christian Science Monitor, September 28, 2004

“Paying Rent Pays Off When They Go Home”     Los Angeles Times, July 17, 2004