Behind My Smile
It’s weird the things my mind gets stuck on sometimes. Maybe it’s my age or my hormones or my life experiences…I don’t know, but I’ve been stuck on smiling lately.
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What Would You Do If You Weren’t Afraid?
Fear. I don’t like to think about it much. I like being the person who is strong and capable and taking on life every day. I think of myself as
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Look Forward or Look Back?
Articulos en inglés y español incluida Look back or look forward? Contemplate what I’ve done or what I want to do? Both I think. This was a transformative year for
Read MoreThe VOICES of THOSE KIDS
During preservice a few years ago, I ran into a group of new teachers at lunch. We had a brief conversation about where we worked. When they heard where I taught, a PRTF (Psychiatric Residential Treatment Facility), one of the teachers said, “Good for you. I couldn’t work with THOSE kids.” I said, “You do realize when THOSE kids leave […]
Learning is Not Closed
Changing aren’t coming. They’re here. Everything is changing. Again. Hard decisions were made in most of our communities. Precautions and restrictions and shut downs. Quarantines and capacities and illnesses. I know emotions are high and opinions are all over the place. Not everyone agrees or understands. Some will make the transition relatively easily and some it’s going to hit hard. […]