Draw Out Your Inner Teacher
The Latin root of the verb educate means “to draw out” or “bring forth.” Teachers illuminate the subject matter, but they also bring something forth
September 13, 2010
Live With Flair
(my daily blog)
A Message From God in my Vacuum
Yesterday, I vacuumed my entire house. We recently had the carpets cleaned, and the kind cleaner suggested we needed a new vacuum. He said to
September 12, 2010
What Were You Thinking?
Yesterday, a particularly thoughtful student said she wanted to start a blog. She’s been thinking about this for a long time. As we walked together,
September 11, 2010
What You Have to Set Free
Pine Cone Maturity / esu.edu Walking to my classroom today, I passed a cluster of pines. Beneath their branches, a perfect circle of pine cones
September 10, 2010
Completely Unnecessary
The principal of my daughters’ elementary school knows their names. This elementary school has 495 students, and the principal learns their names by the end
September 8, 2010
Am I a Husky or a Collie?
I recently walked in the woods with my neighbor and her Siberian Husky. While other owners let their dogs run free in the woods, she
September 7, 2010
Trusting the Process (without Peeking)
I’m a horrible disaster in the kitchen. But God seems to teach me things in this place of flour and butter. This morning, I tried
September 6, 2010
A Way to Stop Fighting
We woke up to screaming. All week, we’ve been listening to our daughters work out their conflicts. Lately, they’ve been fighting over everything: Whose turn?
September 5, 2010
The Pure and Simple Happiness We Can Afford
At 7:45 AM, I push my daughter (the one who has the bad day mantra) on her tree swing. There’s a green chair next to
September 3, 2010
Breathing Deeply in the Froglet Phase
When you aren’t a tadpole anymore, but you still aren’t a frog, you’re a froglet. I’m reading a book about frogs to my children (how
September 2, 2010