Month: August 2018

I define myself as a writer because I am blessed to be surrounded by people who write. I seek writers in my life, both those with whom I can write with at local coffee shops each week, and those that are a digital community that inspires and pushes my work in new and better directions….

It has been six years today since I lost my dad. I couldn’t go to services last night to stand in remembrance because I was in the ER with my husband. He came down with a virus, and we spent a scary day in Urgent Care and then the Emergency Room trying to figure out…

I spent this week working on planning our first 9 weeks of school. I have learned through the years that creating a year-long plan is important but even more important is to take the first quarter to learn about the students in the room. I have key elements I need to cover this year, but…

The puppies have had quite a summer. We spent over half of July on the couch, and they have come into a napping routine most pups would envy. We normally are much more productive in the summer, but this instead has been a summer of physical healing for some of us (my daughter) and lots…