Bonnie J. Toomey writes a weekly column called “Parent Forward” for Fitchburg Sentinel & Enterprise in Massachusetts. Her articles, stories, essays, and poems have been featured in Baystateparent Magazine, New Hampshire Parents Magazine, Baystate Echo, Penwood Review, and Solace in a Book. Bonnie is a part-time professor at Plymouth State University in New Hampshire, where she earned a master’s degree in literacy. She writes about life in the twenty-first century and lives in New Hampshire with her husband. Learn more at bonniejtoomey.com.