Categories Issue 5, StrengthPosted on June 18, 2018June 18, 2018 Gratitude in the NICU Today, I am bringing my son home from the NICU. After a pregnancy that consisted of five middle of the night trips to La...
Categories Issue 5, PassionPosted on June 18, 2018 Undoing, Unending, Unraveling: The Summer Evolution of a Teacher “It must be nice having summers off,” they say. I wouldn’t say “off,” exactly. Summer is work, for teachers. Beautiful, ...
Categories Issue 5, PassionPosted on June 18, 2018 Traveling with Kids Since Summer is finally here, I wanted to share some tips with you about how to make traveling with kids a little more t...
Categories Issue 5, EndurancePosted on June 18, 2018 Shaking the Blues: Change One Thing As we get to the end of the school year, teachers get tired. We do. The kids think they know it all. Everything is pr...
Categories Special Edition: Father's Day, EndurancePosted on June 11, 2018June 12, 2018 Daddy- Daddy- It’s been three years since I last spoke to you. six months, five days since I heard your last voicemail les...
Categories Special Edition: Father's Day, PassionPosted on June 11, 2018 His Quiet Strength My dad (and mom, but this is the Father’s Day edition) has been our (my sister and I) greatest cheerleader. Always there...
Categories Special Edition: Father's Day, EndurancePosted on June 11, 2018 The Cliche Come True For 30 years I’ve had a Dad to celebrate Father’s Day with . . . and now I don’t. I’ve got a husband to celebrate, and a...
Categories Special Edition: Father's Day, PassionPosted on June 11, 2018June 11, 2018 My Hero, My Dad On the day that I write this, my dad turns 62. We have had almost 39 years of crazy times. We have been through hell and...
Categories Issue 4, EndurancePosted on June 4, 2018June 4, 2018 A Mom’s Secret Truth Last night I finally reached the moment in motherhood where I asked myself, “Can I really do this?” It took almost nine ...