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Category Archives: Children
The Power of Connection
Sincerity breeds deeper connections.
Positive, Self-Talk Can Transform Our Lives: And We ARE Worth It!
I’ll work for a healthier body, but I don’t want to erase who I am to reach some image of beauty that was never meant for me.
Life After Loss: What Miscarriage Has Shown Me
“Please, God, I do not want to lose him. But God if I have to lose him, I know You will be with me every moment through this.”
Outta My League: Where I Choose To Be
Do you ever feel completely out of your depth? Out on a limb? In over your head? I do all the time. In fact, when I returned to full time teaching in 2015, after a three year absence of staying home with my children, TobyMac’s song Beyond Me was my anthem. Returning to work was …
Finding Ways Through Math Anxiety
The longer our students face an inability to form necessary connections in their math foundation, the more anxious they feel and will be less likely to ask questions.
Safe Spaces Aren’t for Snowflakes
When we care enough to see past our assumptions, and our minds grow too large to house the dangerous misconceptions about others, we will naturally want to form that safe space for our kids.
Minding My Mind
Let’s have a mission to embrace our strengths and help others to see their own when they’ve been beat down. Some people think our future is nothing to look forward to, but when I see life through my children’s eyes, I can’t wait to see what comes next!
The Heart of a Teacher
Listening to Rod Stuart’s Forever Young today on the radio gave me all the feels. It’s an old song, but it’s lyrics and the season of graduation, remind me of how I feel for all of the young people who have laughed, sat, cried, sang, and enjoyed the classroom experience with me at some point these …
On Trusting God When It Hurts
Reflections on living and trusting in God after my husband had life-saving, quadruple bypass surgery the summer of 2018.
He Gave Me A Melody 