Uncategorized 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…
Uncategorized 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…
Uncategorized 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…
Uncategorized 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…
Uncategorized 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…
Uncategorized What If…Practice Introspection 17 Oct 202017 Oct 2020 I was 👟running on the trail when I started to smell smoke. It's not uncommon to smell smoke from a barbecue or the smell of a woodpile 🔥burning. It wasn't…
Uncategorized 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…
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 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 The Youngest Child 16 Dec 2018 My husband and I have five kids between us. We were both married before and brought two kids each into our marriage. I had a girl and a boy. He…