Live With Flair

Today, I read my students a single event memoir by Deidra Riggs. I’m asking them to choose a single event–a single moment of their lives–to

This morning, my oldest daughter cries out to her sister, “I’ll race you!” “OK!” the youngest one says, and they’re off! Suddenly, she stops and

An incredible artist, Ted Cantrell, sends my family a piece of his original artwork for our home. From the moment I remove this piece from

Two days ago, I purchase mini almond biscotti for no reason at all. You can’t just eat biscotti, you have to dip it in tea

My youngest daughter tells me today that her friends at school never ask her anything about herself. “I ask about them, but they don’t ask

Today I’m roller skating with my oldest daughter, and I realize that for the first time in all these years, she’s steadying me. It’s one

My friend calls from Texas to update me on her life and children. She shares this incredible story and gives me permission to share it

I leave my classroom today, and I see purple berries. In a simple moment of gratitude, I thank God for stark landscapes in late autumn

Today, I write for three hours straight. I don’t empty the dishwasher, make beds, or think about what I’m going to make for dinner.  

I love putting things in my crock pot, leaving for campus, and returning hours later to dinner. The crock pot performs this secret work all