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Got the Vaccine

12 Feb 202112 Feb 2021
Well, friends, I did it! I got my first dose of the COVID vaccine yesterday. I received the Moderna one, but I didn’t really care which one I got. As…
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What If…You Forgive

6 Feb 20216 Feb 2021
Last weekend, I wrote about the importance of honesty when facing difficult seasons. I remembered a time in my life when honesty was needed- yet oh so hard to find.…
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What If…We’re Honest

30 Jan 202130 Jan 2021
When I was a young mother, I worked with a bunch of incredible women. 🙌🏻We were as close as co-workers could be. We 😂laughed together. Shared 💔heartaches together. Watched episodes…
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What If…We Turn Words Into Actions

23 Jan 202123 Jan 2021
"Words can launch us." ~ Bob Goff It was 📸picture day of my fifth-grade year. I chose the perfect 👚top for my school photo. I also slept in those pink…
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What If… We Have Some Conversations

16 Jan 202118 Jan 2021
"I believe an important part of the cure, maybe the most crucial part of it, is to talk to each other." ~Emmanuel Acho When I step into the 🏫classroom each…
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What If…Love is the Only Word We Need

30 Dec 20202 Jan 2021
A whole bunch of buzzwords became part of our daily language in 2020. 😷Mask up. Quarantine. Contact tracing. ➕Positivity rates. Social ⏪⏩distancing. Contactless delivery. 🔒Lockdown. Self-isolation. Face covering. Face shields.…
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What If…Manners Mattered?

12 Dec 202012 Dec 2020
Angelina and I stopped by a shop to pick up her new prescription 👓eyeglasses after school the other day. The sign at the 🚪door listed the necessary COVID protocols. It…
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What If…We’re Surprised

4 Dec 20205 Dec 2020
My husband doesn't typically read my 📝writings before publishing. He doesn't even ask about the topics. Although I sometimes want feedback while I'm working on a project, Ken prefers to…
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What If…We’re Grateful Every Day

28 Nov 202028 Nov 2020
November is the month that brings the whole idea of being 😍grateful out of the shadows and into the light. Thanksgiving is a big reason for that, of course. Having…
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What If…Our Positivity is Authentic

21 Nov 202021 Nov 2020
I belong to a Facebook group of educators across Missouri who share tips, tricks, 🎉celebrations, and 😵frustrations of teaching during a pandemic. There was a post the other day that…
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What If…We Remember the Lessons of 2020?

14 Nov 202014 Nov 2020
We were sitting in a faculty meeting a few days ago. Faculty meetings look a lot different this year. When we had faculty meetings in previous years, the whole gang…
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What If…We’re Patient

7 Nov 20207 Nov 2020
William Langland wrote the first-ever recording of the phrase, "Patience is a virtue" sometime between 1360 and 1387. A Greek proverb says, "One ⏳minute of patience, ten ⏳years of peace."…
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What If…We Remember Grace

23 Oct 202021 Jul 2021
A former student messaged me the other day. 😊He wanted to say thanks to this old teacher. He didn't thank me for teaching him how to use context clues when…
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What If…Remember Our Mindset

10 Oct 202011 Oct 2020
I woke up the other day thinking it was Friday. 🎉For folks who work those Monday through Friday weeks, you know what I'm talking about. It feels good😍 to wake…
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What If…We Lift Each Other

3 Oct 20203 Oct 2020
We spend a lot of ⏰time on the sidelines at volleyball games. It's a lot of fun to watch the teamwork, the awesome 🔥kills, those 💥aces, a few shots that…
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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…
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What I…We Don’t Try to Race Time

12 Sep 202011 Jul 2022
"Time waits for no one." -Folklore (dated as far back as 1225) "The two most powerful warriors are patience and time." – Leo Tolstoy Have you ever noticed that every single…
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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…
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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…
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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…

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Dianne Schramm

I'm known for my quick smile, positive attitude, and loud laughter. A few of my favorite things (did you just sing that?) are warm sunshine, a pint of ice cream with a spoon, all things Disney, a great workout, random acts of kindness, and loud music in the car. Did I mention coffee? Or is that understood?

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