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Living Rooms

April 12, 2025 1 Comment
It is the first real Saturday of spring. The air is cool; it rained last night.   Beads of water cling…
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“Finalist” is a Beautiful Word

April 7, 2025 2 Comments
“Can I pour you a cup of coffee?” Annie asked me as I sat on a stool at her kitchen…
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Sparkly, Shiny Promises

March 24, 2025 2 Comments
A decade ago, spring break had a very different vibe for my little family. I kept things lively with a…
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A Bird in the Hand

March 19, 2025 No Comments
A bird flew into our house.  She was throwing herself against the window, a fluster of wings and beak. I…
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On Paying Attention

March 3, 2025 4 Comments
In my class, we are reading Bridge to Terabithia, one of my favorite books in the history of ever. Today,…
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On Cooking

December 28, 2024 No Comments
“I do not cook,” I have often said in the last couple of years. I allowed that this could be…
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Snow Day

November 7, 2024 2 Comments
Snow day, slow day. Don’t-get-up-and-go day. Snow day, slow day. Leave-me-happily-alone-day. Snow day, slow day. Just-give-me-my-books day. Snow day, slow…
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Beautiful To Me

November 3, 2024 4 Comments
Well, the mall nearest to my home now has coffee shop seating in the food court, so that is where…
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Table for Two

August 9, 2024 2 Comments
My first real responsibility in our family was to learn to set the table. The table was the most important…
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The Summer I Fell In Love

August 3, 2024 No Comments
Once upon a summertime, my youngest cousins and I were looking for something to do.  It was on a long…
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Cokes and Pizza and Mascara and High-Fives

July 20, 2024 No Comments
“Write about a time when you got exactly what you wanted.” Coke cans in the fridge and pizza boxes on…
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Jeremy Bear: Tips on Triplets

June 10, 2024 3 Comments
Jeremy Bear is a fixture of my childhood. Jeremy’s youngest sister was my best girl for so many years of…
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Barbara the Hamster

June 8, 2024 No Comments
I opened my email this morning to see one from one of my students who just finished fourth grade. We…
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Winning and Losing and Driving Away

May 29, 2024 3 Comments
When you go enter a car dealership, you have to know you’re going to be on the losing end of…
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Bad Days and Good Stories

May 24, 2024 2 Comments
I have this weekly time with my students that we call Wisdom from Mrs. Heyer.  I have told them, there…
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Grass Stains and Touchdowns

May 18, 2024 1 Comment
I love to watch kids playing football. Their varying degrees of grass stains, interest, and commitment. It looked like a…
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I Want To Show This To You.

May 7, 2024 1 Comment
There are things in my life that are too beautiful for words, so sacred, so layered that I can’t really…
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To Be Part of the Song

April 21, 2024 4 Comments
Today I read an essay about a monk in a monastery, who, when asked why he was a monk, said,…
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Thank You, Tina.

April 20, 2024 No Comments
Dear Tina, I don’t know you, but your words saved my heart tonight. Tina writes: “Let me preface all of…
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Oh, Prom. You Mess With My Heart.

April 20, 2024 No Comments
I found out on Tuesday that prom was happening.   I mean, I knew prom was happening, the same way…
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