I’ve been doing a lot of thinking about dreams and goals lately. (Okay, I do this a lot anyway, but they’ve been even more on my mind of late.) Last month, I made a list of “100 Dreams” (originally suggested in 168 Hours by Laura Vanderkam) which is a like a bucket list of sorts: 100 (or […]
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Resolution Check-In, September Edition
Since I was five, with the exception of the last two years, I’ve been starting school the first week of September. That’s 25 years of First Days of School. Even now, while I’m still out on maternity leave, I feel the impact, as my husband and nearly all of our family are returning to the […]
Life Is About… Change
From the time of the first humans, we’ve been conditioned to adapt to change. Sometimes the changes are swift: a lion jumps down from a tree right in front of you; you’re driving and your car catches on fire. Sometimes the changes are slow: an ice age descends; long-held morals and traditions are broken. But […]
Teaching And Pushcarts
It’s the first day of school today, and for the first time in 27 years (since I was 4) I’m missing it. It’s a strange feeling for me, but I know that I’m about to embark on a new experience from which I’ll learn more than I could ever imagine, and will also become the […]
Much Ado About Shakespeare
When conversing about the great Bard, Mr. William Shakespeare, you are likely to encounter one of these four reactions: 1. People who know nothing about Shakespeare other than their forced high school experience with Romeo and Juliet, and couldn’t care less. These people are often quite vocal in their castigation of Shakespeare’s works. There may […]