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Jul 9, 2018
Won’t you be my neighbor?
I recently saw the documentary Won’t You Be My Neighbor?about the life and work of television icon Fred Rogers. I had heard it was great...
May 1, 2018
Read aloud
I didn’t always love to read as I do now, but I have always loved to be read to. My mom was a natural read-aloud reader. She used...
Mar 5, 2018
Family Reading Night
At the end of February, I was given the opportunity to speak at a Family Reading Night at my son’s elementary school. I spoke for about...
Jan 19, 2018
Cabin Fever
I’m not going to be that mom who complains about having her kids home for snow days. I’m not going to mention how they start the day...
Nov 28, 2017
Yeah. I’ve done a little modeling…
When Ezra, our African-born son, was struggling with his new language last year, we signed him up for speech lessons. At first it was...
Nov 20, 2017
Volunteering at the Book Fair
Earlier this month, I volunteered at my son’s elementary school Book Fair. Since I haven’t worked retail in 20 years, this felt like I...
May 19, 2017
FREE
This morning, as I was walking around the back of the house after watering my flowers, I spied a lonely Cozy Coupe sitting forlornly by...
Jan 11, 2017
Knowing your audience
I am privileged to spend five hours of most every Tuesday and Thursday with a group of 4- and 5-year olds. I teach preschool at our...
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