These are my small things that count. The earth slowly begins the warming process to encourage plants. One day it might be warm and sunny, but overnight winds bring snow to blanket the earth. Clocks spring forward an hour. An hour lost takes its toll on a body. I mentioned to my hus.

Posted on March 24, 2018. This week I took over a 1st grade classroom for a teacher out on medical leave. In addition to the challenges of taking over a classroom in March, there was the added stress of communicating with students about their teacher being sick. There have been lots of substitutes and inconsistency because of the situation and after five full days of me, I feel like are were starting to come together. Posted on February 21, 2018.

A meeting place for a world of reflective writers. Friday August 14, 2015. The Chicken and the Egg. A writing workshop thrives on relationships and builds them at the same time. Thursday August 13, 2015. Essential Thoughts- Building a Community of Writers. Wednesday August 12, 2015. An Eraser-Free Workshop and the Language We Use for Talking About It. 8221; Often, this is what kids are accustomed to and they continue working away.

Be joyful because it is humanly possible. Before going into labor for the first time, I think.

Join me on my journey to raise my daughter to read the word and read the world. Sometimes, when it seems like nothing is going right, we need to take a step back, look around, and count our blessings. Isabelle sits between Sophie and Tiny playing Candyland this morning.

Walking the Path to Literacy Together. Our back doors were separated by sand. But their house was really just an extension of my house, with sand for a hallway. Tohill took his last breath. My heart hurts for what was and what was lost. My heart hurts for them.

Becoming a writer by writing! Skip to primary content. I decide to drive my knock around town car. From an around town errand. To a more distant Starbucks. Because it was such a lovely day. And I was nostalgic for my childhood days of Sunday drives. I arrive at my Starbucks destination drive through and get a refreshing iced coffee. As I leave the line I heard clunk, clunk, clunky clunk. I left my cell phone at home. After a bit of a .

Last summer, I made the decision to disconnect. I logged off Facebook and Instagram for the summer and I did not check my email for ten long weeks. I read only the books I felt like reading and wrote only the things I felt like writing. The result was one of the happiest summers of my lifetime.

This House is on Fire. I thought I had cracked the code. We had to find our seat based on the drinking glasses! 8220;Is it a man with a fedora walking with a turtle who also has a fedora on using a cane? 8221; she asked. How specific and interesting I thought. Next was my husband who correctly guessed that his picture involved a castle and guards wearing hats. 8220;A Star Wars space ship? I looked at it agai.