"What are you going to do with your summer?" This is a question I get asked often this time of year. While I may have a few months off from everyday interaction with my students, I feel like I have plenty of regular responsibilities to keep me busy. I live in a multi-generational household, which...

As a teacher, you never know exactly what to expect when you come back from Christmas break. Will the students still be in vacation mode? Will they have forgotten everything they learned in the first half of the school year? When we went back to school on Jan. 3rd, I'm happy to report that my...

Happy New Year, everyone! One of the things I like to do at the end of each year is look back over the books I've read and choose the ones that stand out from the others for one reason or another. I hope you'll enjoy getting a look at these favorites, and click on any of the books if you'd like to...

Christmas is next week. Can you believe it?! As I've mentioned before, the holidays can be difficult for me. They come with a bundle of complicated feelings. One thing I've found helpful is remembering that I get to choose what is meaningful to me about this season, and I get to choose where to...

Welcome to my new online home! I’m thrilled that you’ve found me. There are really only two things I’ve wanted to be in my whole life, and one of them is an author. (The second one may be a story for another day!) Even so, there were many years when I didn’t pursue this dream. Responsibilities got...