• Teaching

    A Teacher’s Summer

    This post may contain affiliate links and I may earn compensation when you click on the links at no additional cost to you. I have an amazing job! I get to spend my workday helping 5-10 year olds learn to read, write, and solve math problems. I get to see their faces light up when they learn something new. I get to be a part of my students’ lives and build relationships. I get to challenge myself to find new ways to explain, model and demonstrate my knowledge in order for all students to learn. I get to use my ‘teacher voice’ multiple times in a day. I get to…

  • Family

    College Bound

    This post may contain affiliate links and I may earn compensation when you click on the links at no additional cost to you. Summer is winding down. College professors are perfecting the class syllabus. Incoming freshmen students are purchasing necessities and decor for their dorm rooms. Excitement and anxiety are setting in. This is a fun, but, possibly, scary time for those leaving home for the first time. Freshman year of college is an emotional roller coaster. When students arrive on campus, the excitement of moving in and decorating the dorm is an obvious feeling, but meeting roommates, hall mates, and others can fill one with anxiety. Soon, parents say…

  • Family

    The Kids Are Home

    This post may contain affiliate links and I may earn compensation when you click on the links at no additional cost to you. Raising children is hard on your emotions. You laugh. You cry. You laugh because you cry. You hurt. You hurt for them. You get angry at them. You get angry at yourself for being angry at them. It’s hard. Every emotion I felt as my son and daughter were being raised in our home didn’t prepare me for the emotion I felt as they each left the house for college. I missed them so very much. It hurt. It sucked. It was hard.  My husband and I…