Goals, Morale, and a Challenge To My Fellow Educators
Do something small, do something big, just do something to brighten other people’s days.… Read More Goals, Morale, and a Challenge To My Fellow Educators
Do something small, do something big, just do something to brighten other people’s days.… Read More Goals, Morale, and a Challenge To My Fellow Educators
Life is funny, and tends to have a way of working out (for the most part), if we simply set our minds on goals and work to achieve them.… Read More Obituary
If I was writing this letter two years ago it would have been written very differently. I probably would have berated you for the choices you made. I would have accused you of not trying hard enough to connect with the child in your care, and I would have told you how unimpressed I was with your decisions. There is a good chance that my words would have been unkind and hurtful.… Read More A Letter To My Foster Son’s Former Foster Parent
This is the story of a beautiful princess, a community of people who love her, and one magical night that all of us will remember forever. It is amazing what can happen when people come together to surround someone with love.… Read More One Magical Night
Baking is my way of interacting with people through their stomachs rather than through words because sometimes the talking becomes too much, even for a people person.… Read More Baking Is My New Bestie
I honestly have completely mixed feelings about this “new me.” I am happy that I am making healthier choices, and proud of the will power I have somehow accrued, but sad that so much of my life needs to be spent thinking about when and what I can eat.… Read More I’ve Become “That Guy” and I Don’t Know How to Feel About It
For the adult who is charged with the job of teaching a teenager how to drive this milestone means grey hairs, anxiety attacks, a drastic jump in insurance payments, oh, and some positive things too.… Read More Tips for Teaching Your Teen to Drive
Laugh more, cry more, give more compliments, eat pizza, and learn from your mistakes. New year, new you? Nah. New year, same great you that you have always been, but with a little glitter on top.… Read More New Year, New You? Nah.
I genuinely wish everyone could take a trip to Anajali. I know people say that Disneyland is called the Happiest Place on Earth, but for me Anajali was that place.… Read More The Trip That Changed My Life
This ends now, junk food. We are officially broken up. It’s not you, it’s me. We have had 30 fun years together, and now I am moving on.… Read More Goodbye, Junk Food. It’s Been Real.