Uncategorized What If…We Listen to the Kids 30 Oct 202031 Oct 2020 I have been hearing folks talk about COVID-fatigue. 😐Even though I feel like I've adapted to this new abnormal, I get it. I'm 😴exhausted from just trying to keep up…
Uncategorized 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…
Uncategorized 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…
Uncategorized 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…
Uncategorized 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…
Uncategorized What if…We Remember to be Grateful? 23 May 202023 May 2020 It's effortless to complain, isn't it? 😞Sometimes, that grumbling reaction is the first one to the surface. As the saying goes- been there, done that. Some days seem to have…
Uncategorized What If…We Start to Reopen Ourselves? 15 May 202017 May 2020 Is anybody else getting weary? 😟Are there others who crave conversations that don't involve the C-word? Anyone else tired of being surprised by another person sharing conspiracy theories? How about…
Uncategorized What If…We Keep Learning? 8 May 202010 May 2020 It has been NINE weeks😳 since I first started to understand that life was about to shift. The news of this faraway virus wasn't so abstract anymore. We started to…
Uncategorized What If…Love Never Fails 2 May 20203 May 2020 A friend recently asked for my favorite Bible verse. She was putting together a 🎁gift for her daughter's confirmation. A Pinterest project at its finest. The idea was to highlight…
Uncategorized What If…We Just Keep Doing Our Best 17 Apr 202019 Apr 2020 I don't really have some big picture post this week with connections to life and 💪health and 😍happiness. Honestly, I'm doing the same thing you're doing- just getting through this…
Uncategorized My Teenager’s Pandemic Diary- Vol. 4 14 Apr 202021 Apr 2020 This is the fourth diary entry written by my teenage daughter. For a virtual history class assignment, students are asked to write about the experience of living through a pandemic.…
Uncategorized My Teenager’s Pandemic Diary- Vol. 3 13 Apr 2020 This is the third diary entry written by my teenage daughter. For a virtual history class assignment, students are asked to write about the experience of living through a pandemic.…
Uncategorized My Teenager’s Pandemic Diary- Vol. 2 10 Apr 202013 Apr 2020 This is the second diary entry written by my teenage daughter. For a virtual history class assignment, students are asked to write about the experience of living through a pandemic.…
Uncategorized My Teenager’s Pandemic Diary- Vol. 1 9 Apr 2020 Our daughter is a sophomore in high school. She loves school and all of the things that school has to offer. Friendships. Athletics. Learning- she's never made a B and…
Uncategorized What If…We Focused on the Same Goal 9 Apr 202012 Apr 2020 It was March 13, 2020, when I wrote about my grandmother's experience with the 😷Spanish Flu way back in 1918. I was 📝working on another piece for my weekly Sunday…
Uncategorized What If…We Don’t Try to Steer 2 Apr 20205 Apr 2020 You might think I'm one of those people who rolls with the punches. There are times that is true, for sure. Not always, though. The big 😀smile hides my tendency…
Uncategorized What If…Peace is Still Here 25 Mar 20205 Apr 2020 "In the midst of movement and chaos, keep stillness inside of you." ~Deepak Chopra The days are starting to run together.😬 I have to pause and think about what day…
Uncategorized What If…We Work Together? 20 Mar 20206 Jun 2020 These last few days have been a 🎢rollercoaster ride. I don't need to tell you that. The scariest thing is that we can't get off. It's like we had a…
Uncategorized My Survival Guide to Social Distancing 18 Mar 202018 Mar 2020 Routines are comforting to me. I appreciate things that I can count on. Since my typical days- like yours- have been turned upside down and inside out, I've had to…
Uncategorized What If…We Respect the Science 13 Mar 20206 Jun 2020 My grandmother's sister went to a birthday 🎂 party way back in the year 1918. This was the same year as the 😷Spanish Flu pandemic, which killed an estimated 20-50…