As we walked in our neighborhood yesterday, we saw for the first time some of the destruction at the end of our street. We hadn’t seen the houses that had multiple trees through it or the cars that were trapped in driveways with transformers sitting on the roof or the cars that had trees through …
It’s been a week. It’s been a week since they announced an e-learning day, just one, for schools because of the coming Hurricane. It’s been a week since we shifted and sent computers home with students anticipating they had enough charge for one day of work since we would be back in the classroom on …
On Monday, our five-year-old and I were reading an informational text about rainbows. One of the facts she read was that each person sees a different rainbow. Each person sees a different part of the rainbow because of where they are in space. Not everyone is the same height. Not everyone’s eyesight is the same. …
During this season of Pentecost, we are engaging in a series called “Teachings from the Trees.” This is an extension of our Creation Care series where we looked at our role and call to live in harmony with the created world around us and remember that we, too, are a part of that creation. We …
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Fifteen years ago, when I pursuing a Master’s in Literacy, we wondered and pondered about the impact of screens for readers. We questioned and discussed how literacy needed to be taught differently because of the availability of so much content and with so much reading occurring on a screen. I attended and participated in professional …
Since the calendar turned to 2024, there’s been conversation and recognition that things feel strange…not just because it’s another leap year. The same two teams were in the Super Bowl as four years ago. That’s not the only parallel. It appears right now that the same two people are somehow going to be running against …
If you were to ask our six-month old what she thought about her crib, I think she would say she tolerates it. She does like being able to see through the sides of the crib and she does like having space to roll over onto her stomach, which is currently her favorite sleeping position. But …
Shortly after we moved from Columbia, they began work on a bridge on Highway 378 . It’s still not completed. It’s been almost three years and as we have moved between the city where we lived and the city where we now live, we have watched the cranes slowly put a new bridge in place. …
As we are in the newborn season again, Twinkle Twinkle has become a part of our nightly routine either sung by our seven and four-year-old or hummed in the wee hours of the morning. As I was humming the tune, I was struck by the line “up above the world so high.” My thoughts, already …
Monday marked 22 years since the September 11 attacks on the World Trade Centers. After that time, there was a united purpose throughout our country. There was a commitment to acknowledge the loss and fear that had entered our world. There was a resolve to collectively heal from what we had witnessed. And yet when …
