Live With Flair

My colleague and I conclude today that the student who often appears the most disengaged can be the very student thinking the most deeply. Maybe,

Today, a friend asks me to protect her from over-scheduling herself. All morning, I think about a friend’s function as protector. “Yes! I will protect you!

I share with my students (who were born the year I graduated from college) what it was like when I went to the record store

Today I realize how important planning is to maintaining my sanity this fall semester. I learn from other moms how to stay at least one

On Friday mornings, I pray with my neighbor for our children. I’ve come to love writing down her wisdom. Today, she reminds me that if

Lately, I’m realizing that God brings back things I’ve lost. He really does. Sometimes, I pray about things I miss from different seasons of my

As I prepare my pantry and refrigerator for after-school snacks, I realize others might want some healthier snack suggestions. I get these ready and out

I’ve learned to pick only the raspberries that release easily into my hands. I know they’re ripe and ready to enjoy this way. I enjoy

We spy a glorious climbing tree at the park, and I set my children loose. I remember my 7 year-old self running free through the

We remind ourselves in this family that most conflict comes from a misunderstanding of, or a lack of willingness to, inhabit another’s point of view.