Category Archives: teaching

When I began teaching in the early 2000s, to earn high marks on my teacher evaluation, I needed to show that I was the boss and first in command in my classroom.  One of my principals in those early years compared me to a teammate, who taught in a way completely different than I did. […]

Heavenly Father,Thank You for seeing us through another day. We come before You with humble hearts. We lift up all the doctors, nurses, and all people working in healthcare and their protection. We lift up their families. We pray they will be reunited soon. We pray for Your supernatural wisdom and strength to guide them […]

This is my follow up piece to a January blog post titled Its Okay To Change. I hope you find it helpful and it was such a pleasure to guest blog for Parent Square Learning Network! https://psln.parentsquare.com/blog/supporting-lgtbq-students-as-a-christian-educator

Hanging around my house, you might get annoyed with me after hearing THAT SONG for the twentieth time. When a song’s lyrics and sound resonate with me, I just have to learn the words, know its background and artist, see its video, and understand its entire context. I’m a bit much 😉 when good music […]

He threw open the door, ran hard up the stairs, and didn’t come back down. The water started running in the tub for a few minutes and then silence. My oldest took the baby and I went upstairs to investigate. What I found sent me into angry-mom mode instantly. Red paint on the carpet, on […]