I spent 3 days last week in training conferences learning new methods and ideas, receiving encouragement and instruction on innovative ways to educate my children next year. And I returned home with a pile of books and curriculum. Shiny new tools … [Read more...] about The One School Supply I’m Missing
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Beating Summer Boredom: One of Our Favorite Adventures
The weather here is hot and this is right around the time where summer boredom becomes a real thing. For the next fews days the forecast is welcoming triple digits in these parts and we’re finding ourselves at the point in summer that almost … [Read more...] about Beating Summer Boredom: One of Our Favorite Adventures
Mastering Hard Decisions, Bravely
Most of us begin pretty early in life taking notice of what others are wearing, what shoes are popular, which hair styles are on trend. We awkwardly work our way through middle school and into high school keeping a close eye on what everyone else … [Read more...] about Mastering Hard Decisions, Bravely
How Looking Back Helps Us See More Clearly
Decidedly, I'm not much for looking back. You know I’m not sentimental. I’m a forward thinker. I anticipate, I plan, I dream. Why look back when you can look ahead, right? I was supposed to be in North Carolina today, attending my … [Read more...] about How Looking Back Helps Us See More Clearly
Speaking Up: Brave Enough to Speak the Words
I read books about how to write to you, how to practice, how to get better. I’m a learner at heart so whatever it is that I’m doing, I’m often reading about it as well. And much of what I have read, in regards to writing, has a reoccurring theme … [Read more...] about Speaking Up: Brave Enough to Speak the Words
When Life Isn’t Fair
They push their chairs back from the kitchen bar in haste, eager to be done with lunch and on to Legos, books, or the toys that call their names. I’ll never cease to be amazed by the amount of time it takes for them to inhale food in relation to … [Read more...] about When Life Isn’t Fair
