Uncategorized 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.…
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 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…
Uncategorized 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…
Uncategorized Find Your Sages and Share Their Stories 22 Nov 2018 My grandmother was a wise woman. She used to say that age was just a number and that she hoped to have "a lot of numbers!" This lady never acted…
Uncategorized People Remember How You Made Them Feel 4 Nov 2018 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…
Uncategorized Flu Shot First Timer 18 Oct 2018 I did something yesterday that I had never done before. I got a flu shot! I'm not sure why I've never had one before. Wait--I take that back. I know…
Uncategorized Lessons for the Valleys of Life 6 Oct 20186 Oct 2018 I have a friend at work who was recently diagnosed with cancer. He has been tested for just about every illness under the sun for the past few months with…
Uncategorized It’s Teacher Appreciation Day! 8 May 20188 May 2018 I've been a teacher for 28 years. My husband and I have five kids between us. Four of them have graduated high school. Our youngest will finish middle school this…
Uncategorized All You Have to Do is Reach for It 24 Apr 2018 I'm currently reading Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer. If you haven't read this book, you might want to give it a try. The story is about a young man who grew…