compassion – sharing the stairs

What If…We Make People Feel Special

19 Dec 202019 Dec 2020

For as long as I can remember, my dad chose a special 🎅Christmas gift just for me. He bought something that I had not circled in the Sears Wish Book.…

What If…We Remember Grace

23 Oct 202024 Oct 2020

A former student messaged me the other day. 😊She wanted to say thanks to this old teacher. She didn't thank me for teaching her how to use context clues when…

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.…

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…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 It…We Listen

3 Jun 20207 Jun 2020

When I wrote my 📚book (LIFEGUARD- available on Amazon), I dedicated a few sections to 💖kindness. In one chapter, I told a story about an encounter with a woman during…

What If…This Year Didn’t Feel Cursed?

30 May 202031 May 2020

2020 hasn't been the year that many of us hoped it would be so far. There's been a lot to process. 😢This past week, I watched the video of a…

Devastating Loss Brings Outpouring of Love

Kids aren't supposed to die. Kids most certainly aren't supposed to die from cardiac arrest following an asthma attack at a high school football practice. Yet, that's exactly what happened…

People Remember How You Made Them Feel

I chose the title of this blog from my favorite Maya Angelou quote, which goes like this: "People will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but…

What to Say When There are No Words

I have a side hustle as a stylist for a premium clothing company. One of the ladies at our home office recently suffered the unimaginable. I'm not here to tell…

To Those Amazing Kids in Florida

24 Feb 201824 Feb 2018

I'm a teacher. I'm a mom. But, I'm also a human being who is sad, frustrated, and- quite frankly- frightened by all of the shootings. They just keep happening. We…