3 Quotes & Sayings By Rhonda Riley

Rhonda Riley is a licensed clinical social worker who has been working with children and families since 1976. She began her career as a school psychologist before earning her Masters of Social Work from the University of Wisconsin in Madison, Wisconsin. Her passion for family literacy was formed in childhood when her parents began reading to her daily. She has taught adult literacy classes, family literacy classes, and is currently teaching online adult literacy classes at all levels (basic, intermediate, advanced, career.) She is the author of the popular blog No Longer Reading Is Not Cool (NLRNC) and is also the creator of the independent social media parenting blog Grow Strong in Motherhood (GrowStronginMotherhood.com) Read more

She lives in North Carolina with her husband, their 2 wonderful children, and 5 dogs.

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Countless times, I have imagined A. rising through the rivers of this land, to the surface of Florida to be found again, pulled into the air by new hands. The possibilities are endless, but most often I imagine him found by children. Above him, the sky shimmers and undulates blue through transparent springwater. Then four small brown hands break the surface and pull him into the air and into their excited and frightened vocabularies. The delicate bones of their arms and ribs absorb his voice, shattering their knowledge of what is possible. Rhonda Riley
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What do we know of our mothers? I thought I knew her. But I'd seen her as a child sees a good mother--pure, transparent, incapable of deception. Rhonda Riley