“Just try one bite.” I hear myself spit out this phrase at dinner and cringe. Little Friend has made the dinner frittata public enemy number one. I weep a bit…
Tag: <span>thoughts</span>
I broke one of my cardinal rules last night. The rule crumbled around 2:33 am, which is as good a reason as any for a rule to break. The rule…
Christ of the cross and of the empty tomb, strengthen us to bear the burdens of the day, to seek you amid the hurts and questions, and to trust you…
An “A” is not good enough. Not quite. That’s what I’d tell my students if I were walking into Room 112 today. It’s been two years and five months since…
Dear Little Friend, I was in fourth grade, sitting in the front-ish, second-ish row of class when Mrs. Bower walked over to the water fountain. The room was quiet…long division…
“There are two things we can give our children: One is roots. The other is wings.” It’s been a sort of family motto for as long as I can remember.…