Live With Flair

My daughter arrives indoors with the ripest, most juiciest blackberry I’ve ever seen. She pops it in her mouth and says, “See, I told you.

It’s a small object, usually lost, often overlooked, but of prime importance in our family. I present to you that the Goody Ouchless Elastics (hair

Today I realize how much I need a cheerleader (or two or three–maybe the whole squad). I do! Even with my over-the-top energy, enthusiasm, and

This morning I read the prophet Jeremiah’s poem in Lamentations 2. Here, he writes God’s words of sadness over sin. He says, “Your wound is

Today’s the day we try on winter coats and boots to see what we need for the new season. Children grow so fast! We grow

I find myself noticing all the friendship and dating relationships emerging within the one class where that one brave student called on the first day,

Yesterday, my student asked if she could interview me for her Biobehavioral Health class assignment. I thought these interview questions might have something to do

It’s discouraging to lose weight when you  age because it’s a slow change. It’s a pound a week–maybe.  It’s discouraging to enter the teenage years

In my writing class today, we talked about our campaigns for campus change. Students observe a problem, identify root causes of that problem, and then

On the walk to school, I point out in amazement all the blue jays and finches. They fly in and out of the bare tree