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It wasn’t exactly an easy journey to school. With a two hour delay, I thought by 10:30 AM, the plows would have cleared the snow.

Today, my students discuss suffering and loss in the context of Japanese haiku. Various writers suggest that we suffer so much because we’re so attached

This morning, we rejoice that it’s 30 degrees outside. We can’t believe our good fortune! We can’t believe we can walk to school without going

Today I encounter a familiar expression after asking a child to do something. “I don’t want to.” I say, “Of course you don’t.” Long silence.

A professor and I were dialoguing about students who say my least favorite expression: This is pointless.  I put this comment in the same category

As I clean my home today, I realize that whatever I set on the ground (blankets, coats, pillows, duvets), my cats assume it’s a place

The sun comes out again after so many dreary days. At after-school pick up, the parents gather in front of the school to retrieve their

It’s a slow day around here; I’m fighting a cold, and all I can think about is delicious chicken-n-rice soup. I cut up two chicken

Driving into campus today on the icy, snow-covered roads, I find myself skidding. I remember my Driver’s Education teacher’s words: “Do exactly the opposite of

Last night, I study Ephesians 2:6 with graduate students who always enlighten me. I can’t take my eyes or mind off the simple word, “seated.”