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What If…We’re Not Judgy

16 Oct 202124 Mar 2022
I ❤️love working with middle schoolers. Every day is different. There's a lot of 😂laughter. A few 😢tears. So many questions- not just about school subjects, but also about life.…
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What If…We Meet the Moment

9 Oct 20219 Oct 2021
When Ken and I got 💍married, my older kids were ten and six years old. Over the next couple of years, big changes happened in my little kids' lives. They…
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What If…We Connect

2 Oct 20212 Oct 2021
If you follow my 📝blog or posts on social media each weekend, you know that I put myself out there. 😊I share lessons I've learned throughout my life. Sometimes, I…
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What If…You have Scars

25 Sep 202125 Sep 2021
I have a scar that goes across the middle of my neck. It's front and center- just below my 😀smile and my chin. The scar is the result of surgery…
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What If…Your Eyes Light Up

14 Aug 202114 Aug 2021
I listened to an 🎧episode of the "We are Supported by" podcast that featured an interview with Oprah Winfrey. She relayed a story of her own chat with author Toni…
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What If…Age is Just a Number

17 Jul 202117 Jul 2021
A couple of my 6th-grade boys said something to me in the last few weeks of the school year that stuck with me. Apparently, they had been chatting with some…
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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…
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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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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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.…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…

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Dianne Schramm

Dianne Schramm

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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