About three years ago we decided to start a little tradition we call ‘Family Date Night’. It started as a way to tame our eating out unnecessarily but has become
About three years ago we decided to start a little tradition we call ‘Family Date Night’. It started as a way to tame our eating out unnecessarily but has become
This year I started by 12th year as an educator. It’s been twelve years filled with joy, sadness, victories, defeats…and a lot of buzzwords and phrases. Maybe you’ve heard them…rigor…data-driven instruction…grit…achievement
Mary J. Blige’s ‘My Life’ was released in November of 1994. I remember when my brother brought it home-for many years he would buy me Mary’s CDs when they hit
When Josephine was about 2 years old I started a list called ‘What Josephine has Taught Me about God’. The list came about as I started reflecting on my daily
The other day I was talking to a friend about the years I spent absolutely refusing to get my principal’s certification. I explained that for several years I lacked the
I’m a worrier. Like certified, diagnosed, worrier. As I’ve gotten older and a little bit wiser I’ve become less of a worrier and more accepting of Matthew 6:24. Occasionally though I
At least once a day I find myself saying to one of my kiddos, ‘Stay-focused’. It rolls off my tongue so regularly that I often don’t even realize I’m saying
I hate it when people tell me exactly what I need to hear. Ok, so maybe ‘hate’ is a bit of an exaggeration but I definitely cringe. It’s not because
No I didn’t; I woke up looking and feeling like a hot mess. I put very little time and energy into my outside appearance and work hard, some days harder
Fat…it seems to be one of the smallest, yet most powerful words in the English language these days. Let me tell you a little something about being FAT. The first