Dear Kindergarten Teacher, I’m Giving You My Baby
I just dropped my daughter off for her first day of kindergarten, and you couldn't have been more wonderful. You…
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I just dropped my daughter off for her first day of kindergarten, and you couldn't have been more wonderful. You…
Continue ReadingIt’s hard to put into words what happens in a classroom in the course of a year. Especially a kindergarten…
Continue ReadingI have a kindergartner and she’s ready. She searches through the stack of coloring books looking for the workbook filled…
Continue ReadingI remember the very first time I laid eyes on you. The road ahead felt so daunting as I lay…
Continue ReadingI’m not quite ready to let go. It’s your first day of kindergarten, a day that’s arrived more swiftly than…
Continue ReadingYou were so excited tonight that I wondered if you would ever settle down enough to fall asleep. As you…
Continue ReadingMy heart is not ready for you to go, but the world deserves to see your light. No, the world…
Continue ReadingBuried within the correspondence from politicians seeking donations and stores celebrating Labor Day sales, I spot an email from a…
Continue ReadingToday I received an email from the online director for our school district. The email talked about the challenges they…
Continue ReadingI told myself I wasn't going to cry. We were ready to go back to school: a new bookbag, a…
Continue ReadingDear teachers, In less than a week you will be welcoming my children to your classrooms. Something you have done…
Continue ReadingThis isn’t how it was supposed to be. I’ve pictured this moment, your first day of high school, since the…
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