Dear Grown-Ups: I’m Just a Kid, and I’m Still Learning
Last week, my kindergartener went viral. I posted a picture of the two of us, sitting on the kitchen floor in the anxious minutes before we left for…
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God Designed Us to Wonder Together, Sweet One
If I had a degree in psychology, I could be a good mommy. I would get why you sometimes cry from the time you wake up to when I turn out the light…
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Somewhere Along the Way, Your Child Became Mine Inside This Classroom
Thank you for sharing your child with me this school year. August is a natural high for teachers. We work all summer to renew ourselves and gear up…
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Why This Teacher Says There’s No Place For Zeros in Today’s Classroom
Recently, an Orlando middle school teacher went viral for posting her goodbye letter to students in dramatic fashion on a whiteboard. She says she…
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A Teacher’s Gratitude: Thank You For Sharing Your Children With Me
To my students’ parents: This time of year is incredibly exhausting. Between the stresses of testing, planning for the next school year (and in…
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Others See Dyslexia; I See An Amazing Kid
I see your slumped shoulders and head down when you leave school. I see you reciting your presentation from memory, even though the words are right…
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We Never Imagined Raising a Child With Special Needs—Now You’re Helping Us Understand New and Beautiful Dreams
When we found out we were having you, a sweet little boy, we had so many dreams of what it would be like. Would you be crazy like your older…
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Dear New Mom Me, Try to Relax
As our oldest child’s birthday nears closer I find myself looking back at pictures from her birth. I see the young, new mom in the pictures who is…
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Let’s Care More About Our Kids Being Kinder, Not Smarter
My three-year-old loves baby dolls. Very rarely do we leave the house without one hooked under one little arm, a diaper bag dangling from the other.…
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My Bad Days as a Stay-at-Home Mom Changed My Marriage for the Better
I’ve been a stay-at-home mom for a little over a year now. It still feels like new territory to me as I navigate all the arenas of this new work,…
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