After further consideration, I would like to now inform me that I do indeed have courage (see art and home below), and also wisdom and patience and humor and color and glitter and a real bad weakness for perfect hot chocolate. Today I did the kind of teaching I love, taking on the voices of Lennie and George in Of Mice and Men ( and if you didn't know THAT takes courage, you've never been Lennie in front of 14 year olds), watching kids give speeches (about things like how to avoid senioritis), and reading to prepare for the next few lessons of Ender's Game. My home is cluttered, but cheerful, glittery, and glow-y. My kids are bold and curious and creative and super proud of their ideas. Those things are not created by the faint of heart... or the feint of heart for that matter. This life is created, in part, by a woman whose center is variety. My center is like a giant toolbox filled with thousands of different tools and I can use each one mo...
This blog will inadequately capture my thoughts on topics from art, to inspiration, from education to equity. I am who I am, who I create myself to be, so the nature of me will shine through: as a mom, a wife, a teacher, a leader, and a seeker.