I've found (often) that when I struggle to find something to write about, the truth is the problem doesn't really lie in finding a w...

Today I (finally) picked up a copy of Wonder  by R.J. Palacio . There's been such a buzz about it online recently that I've been...

Last Thursday began like any other day. Except it didn't. Not at all. At approximately 7:45 in the morning, I opened my eyes, grabbe...

This year I keep hearing the same things over again: Standards have changed! The new STAAR test is more rigorous! Writing must happen acr...

30 days ago, I was excited to bring a cornucopia of new ideas into this school year. Plans for a new word study program, ide...

Two Writing Teachers It's August. August is a scrambled month. The last swirls of summer tug at me, begging me to swim, play, and ...

Somewhere after midnight Saturday but before the sun popped up with its bright hello on Sunday morning, we put down our bags and laid down ...

The past few weeks have been too full and too frenzied to summarize here, but I'll try with a list: Road trips, especially with 5 chi...

I just finished reading The Primal Blueprint by Mark Sisson.  I read the first few chapters out loud to The Husband, since we were driving ...

I finished the draft of the (rockin awesome) proposal to my principal in hopes of inspiring her to let me teach a boys writing class twice a...

It isn't surprising, I suppose, that I haven't had much to say  I have been been so quiet in the past month. Not surprising, but s...

I'm driving to work. I'm in bed late at night, laptop open, working on a school project. Sitting on the couch, watching some mindl...

It seems I have two modes I live in, one in which I ping-pong around all energized and happily eating up life, doing the things I love, imme...

A few weeks ago I decided that I was definitely, no matter what, come what may, taking January 27 off from work.  One of my best friends was...

Yesterday, I drove through a roadblock. I wish this were a beautiful or simply witty analogy for a major milestone of my growth, reflectin...