eLearning for Beginners

9 weeks. 5 kids. 4 grades. 4 chrome books. 1 needy preschooler. 1 confused puppy. What could possibly go wrong? Today was the first day of remote learning for the 2020-2021 school year. Our district chose the option of remote learning for the first nine weeks of the school year with the flexibility to reevaluate …

Germ Season

I've heard that people are stockpiling toilet paper. I saw an article online about how to make your own hand sanitizer. I know enough to know that I don't understand viruses and the way they work enough to have opinions or to truly question what I am told by doctors. But as a mom of …

A Humbling Start to the Day

I have had one of those mornings. A very humbling morning. Nothing of major consequence happened but I certainly walked away from it all feeling like some of the air had been let out of my tires. It is important to know that as a coach's daughter the concept of being on time is deeply …

Shaking Things Up on a Friday Night

I was feeling inspired. I was going to have just 4 kids for two whole hours and this chance was a perfect one to accomplish the goal of being a little more fun and getting something important done. It was Friday night, and we had a big weekend coming up. Grace's birthday is on Sunday...but …

Here’s to February

Growing up in Indiana, where February was cold, gray and never seemed to end, I never would have guessed that this short little month would someday become one of my favorites. Here in North Carolina February is as likely to bring sunshine and warmth as most any other month and occasionally will pop in with …

Leveling Up: Parenting in the Tweens

It’s easy in the course of this parenting thing to assume everyone else has it all together and that life in other houses is cruising by with delight and joy and expertly navigated bumps in the road. But the truth of the matter is...it probably looks a lot more like our own lives inside those …