We are smack dab in the middle of football season and I don't know about you, but at my house, football is IMPORTANT. I love college football (especially the Gamecocks). My husband loves professional football (especially the Carolina Panthers).
Over...
When our family began making plans to homeschool over five years ago, my first concern was how to do it legally. I had taught in the public school system for more than a decade and had no desire to...
Our Adoption Story
Our adoption journey began in 2017 after two years of trying to conceive a child biologically. Adoption was always a way that my husband and I had talked about building our family, so after struggling with infertility...
The idea of filling my closet with a carefully selected group of clothes that I can mix and match has always appealed to me. Maybe it's because I hate clothes shopping, maybe it's due to the fact that I...
As a special education teacher, I hear it all the time...
“You can’t save them all.”
Usually it’s in a response to tears I shed when I lose a student to suspension, a move within the foster-care system, or a miscarriage...
Have you heard of National Novel Writing Month, or NaNoWriMo? Participants from all over the world pledge to write a 50,000 word manuscript in 30 days during the month of November.
Every year I attempt this feat, but fizzle...
Reading is a huge past time for me and all avid readers know when you find a good book you MUST share! If you haven't heard of "The Untethered Soul" by Michael Singer, it is imperative you give it...
I am not good with transition. Even though I am a forty-eight-year-old mom of three teenagers, once I settle into my happy place, it’s very hard for me to snap back into reality and follow a routine. This lack...
One of the most common comments I get when someone learns I homeschool my children is “I could never do that.”
It’s confusing because I’m not sure if I am supposed to take it as a compliment. (Are you trying...
I am a lover of words. I always have been, since I was nine and overjoyed that my parents bought me a typewriter for my birthday. This love continued through high school where I filled countless composition books with...
I’ll never forget receiving the phone call years ago from my disappointed kindergartener who had forgotten his change of clothes for a trek with Hammond’s naturalist-in-residence, Tom Mancke. To a five year-old, missing a morning excursion with Mr. Mancke...
One of my favorite childhood movies was Mr. Mom. The movie was about a dad who lost his job and became a stay-at-home dad while his wife had the opportunity to work outside the home. Remember when the dad...
When I was attending Columbia International University, I remember the Dean of Women addressing us in chapel one day, asking how many of us had ventured out into Columbia in the past couple of weeks.
Beyond the Harbison Wal-Mart, that...
I am a reader. I grew up imagining myself as a teacher and what my classroom would look and feel like, and reading was always a part of that perfect imaginary classroom. Pillows and books and children all around...
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