My wish for myself, and for you
I’ve been spending a lot of time lately going through boxes and boxes AND BOXES of “sentimental items,” Those are the very last category of the Kon Mari method, for those who have read or watched Tidying Up. Marie says you should save this cateogry for last, because it’s the most difficult category to let…
So we’ve been going through a thing here for a week or two, and I was tempted at times to post one of those Facebook posts asking for “thoughts and prayers” for Daisy, but I never did. I think I wasn’t willing to open myself up to the possibility that this might not end well,…
Part of the reason I love what I do for a living is that it gives me opportunities to continue learning. If one is going to train other people, one must be trained. As I learn more and more about quality early childhood experiences, I reflect and learn more about how my childhood made me…
That’s a clickbait-y title, but I really did. For a good reason. This morning my boss and I had to give a presentation to the board of the organization that funds us. We were both a bit nervous, but we were so full of success stories and excitement over what we’ve been able to accomplish…
This morning I found myself somewhere I haven’t been in 17 years: Teaching in a public school classroom. A high school classroom. (Insert record scratch sound here. These kids I’m teaching probably don’t know what a record is.) My very first year out of college, in 1997, I taught junior high and high school in-school…
It’s been over a month since my trip, and a lot (A LOT) has happened since then, but this post is important to me, and I decided better late than never! (I’ll fill you in on the other stuff later. I promise.) So, as I’d said, I lived in San Francisco from about 5th grade…
I haven’t been here in a while. It’s pretty easy to slap up a happy go lucky blog post when things are going really great in my life, or when a nail polish goes horribly wrong. But most of the time I suppose life is a messy conglomeration of disastrously wrong and gloriously right mixed in…
It’s been a while since I’ve posted, and there really is a lot going on in my life. I figured I owed it to you to share some updates. Where to begin… Kittens! I has them! Mama Cats had her babies just one week after I rescued her (and her siblings) from their hellish situation. …
I haven’t done a Mani Monday post in forever, and it’s a shame, because nail polish brings me so much joy. I decided to remedy that travesty today. I did my nails this green shade for St. Patrick’s Day. I have a grand total of two green nail polishes in my collection, and I specifically…
Lately my attention has been drawn to this concept of “bringing your whole self to work.” It started, I think, with a particularly challenging day, at the end of which, I found myself frustrated with my not being “more professional.” (The fact that I can’t even remember what exactly I did, likely means it wasn’t that…