Grace or criticism? I have contemplated grace and its place in my life for many years now. I have wondered at its significance, its practical purpose. I have tried to make sense of it. Tried to understand it. And the only way I know how is to put it into the context of my own …
Grace. The very word speaks of something sacred. Something holy. Something undeserved. My children are my loves. My joy. At times, my source of great frustration. Last night, I was home alone with the two youngest while Husband had the older two siblings at piano lessons. I was trying to clean up a huge meal …
I am not winning any golden awards for best mommy tonight. Let’s just say that I am lucky to be just scraping by with my parenting pride intact this evening. Phew. What a night. Here are 10 reasons why I’m sitting here this evening feeling like a true warrior-mama. Drum roll, pleeeease… 10. I sent …
It matters how you treat people. It matters how you live your life, how you do your job, treat your friends, speak to your kids, care for your animals. It matters. And it matters that you infuse love into what you do, through each and every seemingly small moment of the day. Even if those …
“The loss of these last five days has been a disaster, with the loss of instructional time…and we need to gain back as much (of that time) as we can.” P.E.I. Minister of Education, Alan McIsaac, as quoted during a CBC radio interview which you can listen to here We have accumulated thirteen storm …
It is much easier to write about love than to practice it. Much, much easier. I want to be very real with you tonight. Intimate in my transparency, if possible. I want to talk about what love put into practice looks like in my life. Right now. But to preface this revelation, I must say …
I really appreciate my friend for challenging my thinking, as you will come to read below. I am providing her challenge to my thinking and perspective along with my response to her. This welcome challenge was issued to my last blog post regarding What is Worthwhile Knowing: A Teacher’s Perspective. I would readily open any …
Not long ago, I wrote an article called “What Students Remember Most About Teachers” to which I received a phenomenal response from my readership. I continue to hear daily from people with stories to share about the teachers who made an impact on their lives- hear from those as well who share about the teachers …
Eleven ways in which I realize the Family has spent a bit too much time together lately… 11. I suggest that the Fam go snowshoeing at Trout River and Oldest Daughter states, “Sounds like death.” 10. I suggest that we all go snowshoeing at Trout River and youngest says, “But I would only have …
Three Stories That Prove I Am A Bad Luck Magnet: 1.) We arrived home from our 2014 March Break trek to N.C., U.S.A., pulling in Saturday night at 10:00 p.m. From the minute I opened the van door, I hit the snow/ground running. And I didn’t stop until I had most of the bags unpacked …
I have never before attempted making donuts. They are too big a project- all those tricky steps, complicated instructions. Added to this, I have to admit: the real reason has always been that donut-making is too messy- the grease and flying fat. Yuck. And aren’t they too time consuming, don’t they have to be rolled …
What’s love got to do with it, anyway? Got to do with education? Got to do with teaching? What’s love got to do with it? Everything. It’s got everything to do with it. I am delivering a dynamic lesson on adding detail to writing. It has spanned two days of teaching, and I have covered …
