sharing the stairs – because life has ups and downs…

What If…We Find Calm

26 Sep 202027 Sep 2020

I've noticed that I feel 🌅calm, and that sounds a little crazy to me, given this 👻insane year. 2020 hasn't been what any of us would have expected. There is…

What If…We follow the Example of RBG

19 Sep 202020 Sep 2020

The 🌎world lost a great one this week with the passing of Ruth Bader Ginsburg. 💔The United States lost an important Supreme Court Justice. 💔Women lost a champion. 💔Fighters for…

What I…We Don’t Try to Race Time

12 Sep 202012 Sep 2020

"Time waits for no one." -Folklore (dated as far back as 1225) Have you ever noticed that every single 🛑stoplight is red when you're in a hurry? What about those…

Follow My Classroom Blog

7 Sep 20206 Sep 2020

Hey there, friends! The new school year is underway- and it is much different than any other school year! We wear masks unless we're seated. Desks are spread throughout an…

WhatIf…We Remember All of the Days

5 Sep 20205 Sep 2020

Ken and I forgot our 💍anniversary one year. It was the year of the Joplin tornado, and our anniversary fell during those first days after the storm. There was so…

What If…We Do Things Right

27 Aug 202029 Aug 2020

School🍎 started this week, and I'm not afraid to say that I was 😬anxious about it. Let me tell you how I usually teach my students. There's a desk in…

First Day of School

It's the first day of school in my district tomorrow. The first day back in the classrooms since we left for Spring Break back in March. I remember telling my…

What If…You Use Your Mission Field

19 Aug 202022 Aug 2020

In addition to publishing in this space, I have been posting weekly writings to my social media platforms. I don't share everything from this blog on social media. These Sunday…

What If…It’s the Same and Different

16 Aug 202016 Aug 2020

I haven't had much ⏰time for anything else this week because one thing has been on my mind and my schedule- 🏫school. This is the time of year that I'm…

What If… the Arrow is Shot?

7 Aug 20208 Aug 2020

I've heard a phrase a few times lately that sparked my interest to learn more.✨ It's actually a Buddhist parable that uses a metaphor of arrows to illustrate pain and…

What If…We Didn’t Share Everything?

1 Aug 20202 Aug 2020

(Fun fact before you read: As I was writing this piece in early March, I decided that there was a bigger story on the horizon. I scrapped this one to…

What If…Contradictions Hold the Keys

22 Jul 202026 Jul 2020

I love wordplay. There might be 🍌Bananagrams pieces on our kitchen table any given day. I like to rearrange the letters to spell words- looking for interesting ways to combine…

What If…Silence is Golden

17 Jul 202018 Jul 2020

When I was sharing a college dorm room with my bud from junior high, we had very different ideas of what we considered to be appropriate noise levels when 📚studying.…

Buy a Book/Give to Charity

17 Jul 202017 Jul 2020

Hey there! My son, Zane, and I are overwhelmed by the love for our new children's book on Amazon. The Bored Book was such a fun collaboration project for us.…

What If…We Choose Not to Be Bored

11 Jul 202011 Jul 2020

When we were in the lockdown phase of this 😷pandemic, I was thanking my lucky ✨stars that I didn't have small children at home anymore. Don't get me wrong. I…

What If…They Tell Your Story

3 Jul 20204 Jul 2020

The Hamilton film came out this weekend.🌟 If you're a super-fan like I am, you've been waiting for this. If you're wondering why this is such a big deal, have…

Let’s Try to See the Forest

29 Jun 202029 Jun 2020

So, I wrote about choosing sides recently. I talked about how the world seems to make a sport of choosing sides and how we should really work to learn from…

What If…It’s Not About Choosing Sides?

26 Jun 202028 Jun 2020

When I was a kid, I was always the last one to be chosen for any activity in gym class. I understood why. If you needed to ⚾️catch, throw or…

What If…We Do Better?

20 Jun 202020 Jun 2020

I have a pet peeve.😞 I can't stand it when I pour out my heart from fear or frustration or disappointment only to have my listener say, "I know exactly…

What If…You Create a New Habit?

9 Jun 202013 Jun 2020

Things have been pretty heavy 😢lately- and they should be. There's some critical work to do in this 🌎world with race relations and living through the pandemic. The quote on…