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I was driving home after church this morning when I started feeling anxious. Uncertainties in my life started bubbling up, leaving me with k...

We are constantly being told to live in the moment. Today is all that we can handle, so why stress about the past or worry about the future....

Writing is a huge part of my curriculum. Not every student that comes into my classroom is going to be a great writer, but they will be writ...

This morning I was reading some articles regarding the Common Core. For those of you who aren't educators, these standards have been set...

My students are writing "This I Believe" essays. It's a basic essay designed to get them to think deeply and assess what they ...

Friendship and kindness. Two wonderful themes to base a Young Adult novel upon. I just completed Wonder by R.J. Palacino. It's an inspi...

I love words. I love crafting them, reading them, and using them to change people's lives. I suppose this was the driving factor when I ...