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Dear 8th Graders, This Should Have Been Your Year Too

To my dear 8th graders: If someone had warned me that our school year would take such an uncharted and radical turn, I would never have believed it.…

If I close my eyes, I can almost picture it . . . my 6-year-old kindergartener up on stage in his school’s cafeteria/auditorium. He’s standing up…

Charles Dickens’ words certainly resonated with me this year during last year’s surge of graduations. My oldest son graduated with a BFA…

In many places starting this week, people will be celebrating graduations and other big events COVID-19 style. Some are coming up with elaborate…

God looked down from heaven and wanted to give a gift to the world. He wanted to give the world someone poised at the end of one journey and the…

“If we open a quarrel between past and present, we shall find that we have lost the future.” -Winston Churchill Through no fault of your…

Dear Class of 2020: It’s not supposed to be this way. As you head into spring of your senior year, you’re supposed to be preparing for…

I remember the first day of kindergarten. I remember how far away your senior year in high school seemed and how unimaginable it was that one…

The sweet sound of your baby’s cry pierces the air inside the delivery room. He is laid upon your chest, and as you gaze down at his delicate…

Dear parents, Please let your kids fail. Don’t get me wrong, I love my students. In fact, one of my cheesy hallmark phrases, when asked who my…