Daily Step – This year will have beauty.
I turn 40 this August. And my youngest boys enter kindergarten. I have had 36 years of first days of school – I don’t remember all...
July 28, 2020
Daily Step – There is always something.
“There is always always something to be thankful for.” I bought this sign a few years ago to dress up the siding in our backyard that...
July 24, 2020
Daily Step – What are you grateful for?
It is Friday. Even though my weekends tend to look very similar to my weekdays right now, Fridays still feel like Fridays. I know that the...
July 10, 2020
Daily Step – Mom, we could just jump.
“But what about snakes?” “Mosquitos? Germs? You may fall! You could get hurt! You don’t know what’s lurking in that dark hole you are sticking your...
June 8, 2020
Sunday Stride – “I’m sorry, but…”
There are two phrases that drive me crazy when I hear them come out of my kids’ mouths: “I’m sorry but…”⠀ “It’s not my mess, mom,...
June 6, 2020
Daily Step – We need to be God’s heart in the world.
There are moments where I glimpse the most incredible heart in each of my boys… That is when they aren’t punching or tackling each other or...
May 28, 2020
Daily Step – Let us Remember
It’s Memorial Day. A time to remember all those who’ve lost their lives in service to our country. As we celebrate a break with our families...
May 25, 2020
Daily Step – Your mountain is waiting.
I wrote my essay to get into college on the book All the Places You Will Go by Dr. Suess. I can’t remember why I chose...
May 22, 2020
Daily Step – What is bringing you hope this week?
Hope is all around – even in plastic, homemade flowers. My twins came into my “classroom” where I was working on something yesterday and said “Mommy,...
May 6, 2020
Daily Step – I miss my students.
I miss my students. I had that thought yesterday- not for the first time in the last six weeks. I’ve been a teacher for almost 20...
April 21, 2020