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Tuesdays used to be a really great day. I would often find myself sitting on the futon in my college apartment with my roommates watching Law and Order: SVU. Man- I loved that show and it would literally play all day long. We would spend hours sometimes playing detective alongside Benson and Stabler. Then I…… Continue reading Just another Tuesday…

It’s happening. Like right now. On the road to a destination. I planned this months ago. A small trip to make up for the fact that we couldn’t swing a bigger trip right now. I’ve been too nervous to plan for it. Talk about it. Tell the kids about it. Short of booking it, I…… Continue reading Fingers Crossed

It’s the middle of the night and I cannot help but lie here awake with a knot in my stomach. I initially woke to little N calling for me… What is it this time? A bad dream? A sick belly? A headache? A bad habit? Who knows. He seems placated by my bedside visit and…… Continue reading Knots

It’s my twelfth year of teaching. My dream job. The only job I’ve ever pictured myself doing since I was in the 2nd grade. There was a stint where I thought pediatric nurse might be my calling. Not sure why- but it was short lived. I quickly rekindled the passion for teaching and have been…… Continue reading Reminders

Picture this… The year is 1994 (give or take a year, it’s an early memory). I’m a little girl hoping and wishing for a puppy. I put the request in at the top of my Christmas list. I was hopeful. I had done all of the things. Wrote Santa a letter. Check. Told him in…… Continue reading Disappointment

I received my certificate in the mail yesterday. It was a big envelope. The folder was fancy. “National Board Certified Teacher” Last time I received my certificate I was coming home from the hospital after I had given birth to my second child. What a moment to have that sense of accomplishment both professionally and…… Continue reading NBCT

I had a total of 3 hours of sleep last night. I really don’t have the energy for more on my plate. I’m learning a new phonics program because what I’m doing isn’t having the impact I want so I need to switch gears. I really don’t have the mental capacity. I’m juggling being a…… Continue reading It’s time.

There’s hope friends. I found it today. I was teaching writing this morning first thing. I was blessed with this schedule. Get writing out of the way right away and then I can breathe. You all know my secret from last year that I really don’t like writing. It probably impacts my teaching of writing.…… Continue reading Finding the Joy

You are my colleagues and friends, but you have been so much more than that for me. You have MADE my career what it is. Nothing. Else. Is. Possible. It has been the rubbing against you, the disagreeing in our safe space, the learning that comes from listening to what you say, …trying it myself,…… Continue reading staff

Eschew. Sycophant. Accismus. Heterochromia Do you ever hear interesting words and want to use them? Occasionally, I come across a book by a gifted writer whose words seem to float off the page and fly straight to my brain. Reading becomes effortless. It feels like a magical event! When finding an author who writes like…… Continue reading silver-tongued