Cassie McClure, Las Cruces Sun-News Journalist Profile

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You Cannot Be All Things to People (And That's Okay), by Cassie McClure

1 week ago | creators.com | Cassie McClure

There's a quote that's been following me around lately, showing up in podcasts, books, and the back of my own mind: "You can do anything, but not everything." Supposedly, that's from author David Allen, but it feels like the whispered wisdom of every millennial who's run headlong into the wall of their own limits. I bounced off that wall again last Friday. I had an hour to the deadline for delivering my writing. I was fielding a call from a reporter and some texts from other elected officials.
Millennial Life: You Cannot Be All Things to People (And That's Okay)

1 week ago | arcamax.com | Cassie McClure

There's a quote that's been following me around lately, showing up in podcasts, books, and the back of my own mind: "You can do anything, but not everything." Supposedly, that's from author David Allen, but it feels like the whispered wisdom of every millennial who's run headlong into the wall of their own limits. I bounced off that wall again last Friday. I had an hour to the deadline for delivering my writing. I was fielding a call from a reporter and some texts from other elected officials.
Ni De Aquí, Ni De Allá, by Cassie McClure

2 weeks ago | creators.com | Cassie McClure

I'm flying home in two weeks, and for the first time, I'm apprehensive. This time, I'm an official delegate representing one of my homes to another. Representing countries is a role I've had my entire life, but this has brought up an identity crisis that I had smothered with work, raising kids, and even running for office. It's thinking about who I might have been and where she'd be now.
ATTENTION "RIGHTS & RESISTANCE WITH THE ACLU" EDITORS: IN THE TITLE AND THE 6TH GRAF, PLEASE PLACE AN ACUTE ACCENT OVER THE "i" IN "Aqui" and THE SECOND "a" in "Alla." ALSO, IN THE 3RD GRAF, PLEASE PLACE A TILDE ACCENT OVER THE "n" IN "Crucena." THANK YOU

2 weeks ago | arcamax.com | Cassie McClure

Ni De Aqui, Ni De AllaI'm flying home in two weeks, and for the first time, I'm apprehensive. This time, I'm an official delegate representing one of my homes to another. Representing countries is a role I've had my entire life, but this has brought up an identity crisis that I had smothered with work, raising kids, and even running for office. It's thinking about who I might have been and where she'd be now.
When the Universe Draws Circles

3 weeks ago | arcamax.com | Cassie McClure

For the first story I ever had published in a paper, I was almost run over by a mail truck. I'll tell you, the driver was none too pleased by a faux reporter jumping in front of his hood for a quote. I don't blame him. But here I am, more than 20 years later, writing for the same paper. But I should back up. I spent my first year in college at a technical school, semi-enchanted by the idea of working with computers in some fashion.
Millennial Life: Dishing Up What's Needed

1 month ago | arcamax.com | Cassie McClure

Sometimes a reply has to stew. There's the meat of an argument and the vegetables of barbs that soften as the pot simmers over the flames of anger. The flavors shift with time. What first tasted like an insult might mellow into something, even just the imagined context I build for myself of the person on the other side of the screen, like someone scared of change or someone just having a bad day. And still, I sit with my hands above the keyboard, wondering what to serve back to the constituent.
The Script is Ours to Write, by Cassie McClure

1 month ago | creators.com | Cassie McClure

I had a frilly pink dress in second grade that I only wore a handful of times. There are some photos of me striking some sharp poses in our backyard, but after I outgrew that dress, I didn't follow up with any similarly typical frilly costumes of girlhood. As I grew, I went with comfort over style for a long time — and some might say even to this day. My much more stylish daughter would likely say this, marveling when, on rare occasions, I float out of the house in a dress.
Milllennial Life: The Script is Ours to Write

1 month ago | arcamax.com | Cassie McClure

I had a frilly pink dress in second grade that I only wore a handful of times. There are some photos of me striking some sharp poses in our backyard, but after I outgrew that dress, I didn't follow up with any similarly typical frilly costumes of girlhood. As I grew, I went with comfort over style for a long time -- and some might say even to this day. My much more stylish daughter would likely say this, marveling when, on rare occasions, I float out of the house in a dress.
From Ghost Stories to Gatekeeping: Millennials and the New Wave of Book Bans, by Cassie McClure

1 month ago | creators.com | Cassie McClure

Starting at about second grade, when the novelty of reading about a family of bears started to wear off, I inhaled ghost stories. One of my favorites was "Wait Till Helen Comes" by Mary Downing Hahn. It was about dead kids, dead parents, and, the cherry on top of a trauma sundae, navigating a blended family. I was lucky as a child. I didn't know death. I had both of my parents. While I was infinitely curious about siblings, I suspected that there were advantages to being an only child.
From Ghost Stories to Gatekeeping: Millennials and the New Wave of Book Bans

1 month ago | arcamax.com | Cassie McClure

Starting at about second grade, when the novelty of reading about a family of bears started to wear off, I inhaled ghost stories. One of my favorites was "Wait Till Helen Comes" by Mary Downing Hahn. It was about dead kids, dead parents, and, the cherry on top of a trauma sundae, navigating a blended family. I was lucky as a child. I didn't know death. I had both of my parents. While I was infinitely curious about siblings, I suspected that there were advantages to being an only child.