Craigardan, a farm and arts organization based in the Adirondacks, published my essay and artwork. I made a collage with flashcards my late son used to learn Spanish.

Language Lessons

This is a rejection letter essay about rebuilding in the wake of loss.

Marriage in the Mountains

I love reading and sharing middle-grade novels with sixth graders. Oh Reader is a subscription-only mag. My article: my website.

Turning the Page: Grief and Growth in Sixth Grade

Extended metaphor: the theater of grief and loss. Summer work in an upscale market in the mountains, talking with teenagers, and stumbling through parent-teacher conferences.

Grief is Not Always Center Stage

Growing with the grief I carry. Reframing loss with art.

My Grief & Growth Notebook: A Visual Roadmap for Change

This is what happens when Shutterfly asks you to push "rewind" and relive memories of a trip to Disney World you didn't want to take in the first place. 

Ticket to Ride

I started writing Omissions after a real-life examination of my faculty bio midyear into a new teaching position. This is the real version, the entry that won't get published on my school's website.

Omissions

Teaching sixth-grade ELA for the first time in 2020. 

Lauren McGovern

Selected work