Joy in the Journey

  “The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who ...

  If you wonder where I get the steel in my spine or the set to my jaw when I’m ready to stand up for something, it’s from my mother.   I wa...

Unprecedented.  This word has been used so often during 2020 that I fear it has lost its meaning.  If I had a dollar for every time I heard,...

The circumstances of 2020 have brought us many new buzzwords:  unprecedented, adaptive pause, pivot, and, my favorite, toxic positivity.  As...

Easter is different this year. In the midst of the COVID-19 quarantine, I attended a few virtual church services.  Honestly, on the first E...

I am a teacher.  And I’m tired.   Not tired in the way that we always hear of teachers being tired--overworked, stressed, defea...

#blessed:  the image of the perfect mother, with the perfectly dressed and well-behaved children, in a perfectly organized and clean house....