Baja Lessons…Get Lost Versión en inglés y español incluida
I visited southern Baja last summer and fell in love with everything – the people, the beauty, the culture, and the life lessons- I returned home wanting to be better.
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I Told My High School Son to Just Stop Studying
Just Stop Studying. Actually, what I said was if you try to study for that test, I am going to burn your study guide. You are not studying. Doesn’t sound
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The Lesson Baja Taught Me…I Want to Be Better Versión en inglés y español incluida
I knew that I would have adventures and do amazing things while I was in Baja, but what I wasn’t expecting was to walk away with lessons and insights and
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I Need To Bare All…
This is easily the most vulnerable and real I have ever been with other people and probably the most real and vulnerable I have ever been with myself. I
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To THAT student…I’m Sorry I Wasn’t Better
Dear Student, I found a letter you wrote over 15 years ago to me at the end of your 8th grade year. You were thanking me for helping you and
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I Hope My Sons Win Games This Season, but I Also Hope They Lose
All three of my sons have just started the fall soccer season. It’s a time of great excitement in my house. Everyone is excited about new teammates, new opportunities, new
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Learning to Live Instead of Exist from Four Mexican Surfers Versión inglesa y española incluida
What does it mean to live a passionate life? Does it mean you love your family or job? Does it mean you put happiness first? Does it mean that needs
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THOSE kids…
I recently ran into a group of new teachers at lunch. We had a brief conversation about where we work. When they heard where I teach, an inpatient psychiatric hospital,
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Spend a Little Time in My Head…
I recently saw a saying on Facebook that said “Don’t bother walking a mile in my shoes, that would be boring. Spend 30 seconds in my head, that’ll freak you
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Why Be Normal When You Can Be Weird?
I am so sick of normal. I see my own boys struggle to stray away from the norm and it seems they always want to see what everyone else is
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. […]