Mr. Picky finished school a few days ago, so we are officially in summer mode!  Normally I would be celebrating the fact that I don’t have to make school lunches for the next 10 weeks and that I don’t have to wake up at the crack of dawn Monday through Friday, but that’s the mode […]

Hello, Friends.  This has been an emotional week.  I needed to go inward for a few days and start my process of learning.  Thank you to those of you who have stuck with me.  I value all the members of my community and I am hopeful for the future. I am eager to make my […]

Memorial Day usually brings to light the men and women who have died serving our country and protecting our freedom.  This year, I also want to honor those who have been on a different type of front lines.  All the essential workers who have lost their lives due to this epidemic are in my thoughts […]

I am hoping you are all doing as well as can be expected right now.  I am loving being with all of my kids, but I miss seeing my friends.  I love sitting down to 3 meals a day with my family, but I miss going out.  I miss teaching my students in person, but […]

This week is the beginning of Lent.  My mother used to make us give up something for the 40 days of Lent.  We thought we were funny by saying we’d give up liver (ugh, she actually made it!) or boiled Brussels sprouts. After a lot of back and forth, my mother would ask us to […]