(my daily blog)
Today, we start making Christmas cookies. I’ve written in years past all about the explosion of sprinkles and various motherhood lessons along the way. I’ve
With all those student stories thick in my mind, I leave my house for a doctor’s appointment. I want to interact with nobody. It’s that
They arrive with their stories–at least the beginnings of them. They can write anything at all for this memoir assignment, any single event from their
It’s that time of the semester when students come to me in tears about their grades. They realize it’s too late; no amount of begging
This morning I remember Isaiah 55:12: “You will go out in joy and be led forth in peace; the mountains and the hills will burst into song before
My daughter badly fractured her big toe! A plate fell on it. It’s so painful! It will heal in time, but no walking to school
In 2006, my daughter went to the world’s greatest preschool in Ann Arbor, MI. It was FUMCN (First United Methodist Church Preschool Cooperative). The teacher,
Today I was temperamental. If you look this word up in your trusted dictionary, you’ll find that it means moody, mercurial, erratic, unpredictable, and even
We return from visiting grandparents at the seashore. We’ve been told that this particular shore holds the most extraordinary collection of seashells. People come from
Don’t worry if you find yourself in a situation where you need help–emotionally or physically. God is the Helper. How wonderful to know it! What