2013 in Review

Good morning 2014! This morning I woke up, checked my now ancient Samsung Galaxy S II smartphone (it is only 2 years old) and saw that my 81 year old mother-in-law had made some Facebook updates so I use the phone to navigate there.  That my mother-in-law is actively on Facebook inspires me.  Anyway, this…

I have a Crush

Yes, I have a crush, on a 12 year old.  But to be fair to myself, I think everyone this kiddo comes in contact with probably falls head over heels in love with him.  Seriously, we move through the halls and all the little girls stop to say hello and ask how he’s doing.  Even…

Overwhelmed and Trying to Break Through the Silence

My head is buzzing with activity and I know I need to write, if anything to simply calm down my insides but I can’t decide where to start. It’s a new year and now the last day of the first month and I see I haven’t published anything since before Christmas.  No Christmas greeting, even…

Homecoming(s)

I started this post almost two weeks ago but since there are homecomings and Homecomings weekly right now I figured I should still post it.   Friday, September 23rd was Homecoming for Southlake Carroll, Grapevine High School and Prince of Peace Christian and I’m sure more many other schools here in the metroplex and beyond….

My Kind of School Day

Yesterday, I got to substitute as a Life Skills Aide for Carroll Middle School.  My very first substitute experience was in this very class with these youths on August 29th, the 2nd Monday of this school year. So it was a little like coming home because the faces were familiar and the names of the…