Last week was Teacher Appreciation Week. In honor of this, I had the wonderful opportunity to submit a guest column in the Colorado Department of Education Newsletter. I thought I would share it here, as well. Thank you, teachers and staff, who work in schools. Appreciating the Extra Mile in a Marathon Year As the […]
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I knew it would come! The green, it’s sprouting. The last time I was here, things were more like a muddled brown. I had to be patient. Today is May 1, and it is hard to not feel a little surge of optimism on this day. For most of us, there are more days of […]
So, it is not green here yet. March insists on layering this landscape with a dull and pestering brown. The trees are sticks and bones, the grass flat and crunchy, and spits of dust hover above the sidewalk as we walk by. In some ways, I appreciate its lackluster presence, because it is acting like […]
Hello, March. I hear you knocking. I must admit, you are not my favorite month. You tend to tease us a bit, what with your previews of spring, only to be knocked down again with swift reminders of ice and snow. However, you are two wonderful things: the gateway to a new season and the […]
Hello friends. It’s been a while. I got swallowed up. Life got the best of us for a bit there … some sad but navigable family health news, an impromptu visitor from out of state, a faulty furnace, parent/teacher conferences, and regular momming took over. But, the good news is that we got spit back […]
How was your first non-holiday weekend of 2022? You know, ours was pretty good, and I am so thankful. Friday night, we ordered take-out and cozied up inside. Jason and the kids watched the movie, Holes, while I chatted away on zoom with my book club. For two hours, we deliberated about books, commiserated a […]
I woke up this morning and heard a song that I hadn’t heard in a very long time. It felt so profound, on this day, at this moment in time. 2022 has come in with a roar, with lots of worry, with missing pieces, with a desire for answers, and it feels like rain. But, […]
Who would have thought that we would be canceling travel and postponing plans as we ring in 2022? Could any of us predicted how tumultuous, how ongoing, or what a journey this pandemic would be? Just a couple of weeks ago, our family canceled (again) a vacation we had been hoping for. I know we […]
Tis the season, my friends! How has life been looking for you lately? Here’s my current view: Winter break is officially upon us. We have no travel plans, nowhere to be. There are many reasons I am grateful to be a teacher. Having two weeks each year to be quiet with my family, to be […]
