When Your Student Becomes a Teacher

 I've always known that a teacher can go a long time, perhaps a lifetime, without truly realizing his/her impact on students...

The Best Book of Summer 2021

When I finished this book in early June, I knew it would be the BEST book I would read all summer...

Over the Top Love

In April, when we visited my mother-in-law (MIL) for spring break, she gave me the sweetest compliment....

This is Eleven...Almost Twelve

 My son will be 12 next month. Twelve!!!

Fancy a Plank or Some Wall Sits?

I'm not quite sure whose idea it was, but my students and I started an interesting trend, the last two months of the school year...

Wearing a Mask Has (Had?) Benefits

The days of wearing a mask are numbered, and while it took me some time to get used to this lifestyle change for over a year, there were definitely some good reasons for wearing one.  Don't you think?

Fool Me Twice

 

Never have I EVER had two people give me a blowout at the same time.  And, as it turns out, I had been fooled not once, but twice. Let me explain...

Book Talk

 

Have you read The Giver by Lois Lowry?

Book Recommendations for Young Adults

My son doesn't know it yet, but I've reserved two books for him to add to his reading collection...

A Cold Shower to Start the Day

This morning I took an invigorating, icy cold, laugh out loud (!!!) cold shower....